diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index afb819f4ca68bee0f88fab357ffe9395508dc106..714c3480c52dcca8761a9d9e2a24e9eaad0a6256 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -3266,12 +3266,17 @@ long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	user_exit();
 
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_EMU)) {
-		ptrace_report_syscall(regs);
 		/*
+		 * A nonzero return code from tracehook_report_syscall_entry()
+		 * tells us to prevent the syscall execution, but we are not
+		 * going to execute it anyway.
+		 *
 		 * Returning -1 will skip the syscall execution. We want to
 		 * avoid clobbering any register also, thus, not 'gotoing'
 		 * skip label.
 		 */
+		if (tracehook_report_syscall_entry(regs))
+			;
 		return -1;
 	}