diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
index 99960940d4a410bba1e9842a7049161e74d04d25..ae167df73dddf2df41a2158050c164cb4fb346d4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
 	childregs->regs[7] = 0;	/* Clear error flag */
 
 	childregs->regs[2] = 0;	/* Child gets zero as return value */
-	regs->regs[2] = p->pid;
 
 	if (childregs->cp0_status & ST0_CU0) {
 		childregs->regs[28] = (unsigned long) ti;