diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
index ae7158bce4d62d6b0ec1bfec5c52ead3b3e48049..b5e329da166cfa2a48a74339a47539739ec939ac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ ia32_sys_call_table:
 	.quad sys_setuid16
 	.quad sys_getuid16
 	.quad compat_sys_stime	/* stime */		/* 25 */
-	.quad sys32_ptrace	/* ptrace */
+	.quad compat_sys_ptrace	/* ptrace */
 	.quad sys_alarm
 	.quad sys_fstat	/* (old)fstat */
 	.quad sys_pause
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index 870dc1023d2daeffdede2123c534af6a63825e97..fb03ef380f0e230ebf5f3835bc7ec57e1c9fed20 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1207,68 +1207,15 @@ static int genregs32_set(struct task_struct *target,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-asmlinkage long sys32_ptrace(long request, u32 pid, u32 addr, u32 data)
+long compat_arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, compat_long_t request,
+			compat_ulong_t caddr, compat_ulong_t cdata)
 {
-	struct task_struct *child;
-	struct pt_regs *childregs;
+	unsigned long addr = caddr;
+	unsigned long data = cdata;
 	void __user *datap = compat_ptr(data);
 	int ret;
 	__u32 val;
 
-	switch (request) {
-	case PTRACE_TRACEME:
-	case PTRACE_ATTACH:
-	case PTRACE_KILL:
-	case PTRACE_CONT:
-	case PTRACE_SINGLESTEP:
-	case PTRACE_SINGLEBLOCK:
-	case PTRACE_DETACH:
-	case PTRACE_SYSCALL:
-	case PTRACE_OLDSETOPTIONS:
-	case PTRACE_SETOPTIONS:
-	case PTRACE_SET_THREAD_AREA:
-	case PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA:
-#ifdef X86_BTS
-	case PTRACE_BTS_CONFIG:
-	case PTRACE_BTS_STATUS:
-	case PTRACE_BTS_SIZE:
-	case PTRACE_BTS_GET:
-	case PTRACE_BTS_CLEAR:
-	case PTRACE_BTS_DRAIN:
-#endif
-		return sys_ptrace(request, pid, addr, data);
-
-	default:
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	case PTRACE_PEEKTEXT:
-	case PTRACE_PEEKDATA:
-	case PTRACE_POKEDATA:
-	case PTRACE_POKETEXT:
-	case PTRACE_POKEUSR:
-	case PTRACE_PEEKUSR:
-	case PTRACE_GETREGS:
-	case PTRACE_SETREGS:
-	case PTRACE_SETFPREGS:
-	case PTRACE_GETFPREGS:
-	case PTRACE_SETFPXREGS:
-	case PTRACE_GETFPXREGS:
-	case PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG:
-	case PTRACE_SETSIGINFO:
-	case PTRACE_GETSIGINFO:
-		break;
-	}
-
-	child = ptrace_get_task_struct(pid);
-	if (IS_ERR(child))
-		return PTR_ERR(child);
-
-	ret = ptrace_check_attach(child, request == PTRACE_KILL);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out;
-
-	childregs = task_pt_regs(child);
-
 	switch (request) {
 	case PTRACE_PEEKUSR:
 		ret = getreg32(child, addr, &val);
@@ -1315,12 +1262,14 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_ptrace(long request, u32 pid, u32 addr, u32 data)
 					     sizeof(struct user32_fxsr_struct),
 					     datap);
 
+	case PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA:
+	case PTRACE_SET_THREAD_AREA:
+		return arch_ptrace(child, request, addr, data);
+
 	default:
 		return compat_ptrace_request(child, request, addr, data);
 	}
 
- out:
-	put_task_struct(child);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/ptrace.h b/include/asm-x86/ptrace.h
index 24ec061566c541e4ba237e385a67b54f8092dc39..9f922b0b95d6d3961275c9cac804acf22cbb8ef6 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/ptrace.h
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ extern int do_get_thread_area(struct task_struct *p, int idx,
 extern int do_set_thread_area(struct task_struct *p, int idx,
 			      struct user_desc __user *info, int can_allocate);
 
+#define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_PTRACE
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */