diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
index 0fd59fbc6d49d7e3e4d5a296963710e36d2dfdc5..96950f189b5a1919385663a6de120b4549de511d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -102,20 +102,18 @@ static inline int save_general_regs(struct pt_regs *regs,
 		struct mcontext __user *frame)
 {
 	elf_greg_t64 *gregs = (elf_greg_t64 *)regs;
-	int i;
-	/* Force usr to alway see softe as 1 (interrupts enabled) */
-	elf_greg_t64 softe = 0x1;
+	int val, i;
 
 	WARN_ON(!FULL_REGS(regs));
 
 	for (i = 0; i <= PT_RESULT; i ++) {
-		if ( i == PT_SOFTE) {
-			if(__put_user((unsigned int)softe, &frame->mc_gregs[i]))
-				return -EFAULT;
-			else
-				continue;
-		}
-		if (__put_user((unsigned int)gregs[i], &frame->mc_gregs[i]))
+		/* Force usr to alway see softe as 1 (interrupts enabled) */
+		if (i == PT_SOFTE)
+			val = 1;
+		else
+			val = gregs[i];
+
+		if (__put_user(val, &frame->mc_gregs[i]))
 			return -EFAULT;
 	}
 	return 0;