diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/ptrace.h b/include/asm-ia64/ptrace.h
index c8766def9ee6f595e07ae830206bcb5d14048f74..fc544929ac34f6bdbed78f489a2aca5f7b024d57 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/ptrace.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ struct pt_regs {
 	unsigned long ar_unat;		/* interrupted task's NaT register (preserved) */
 	unsigned long ar_pfs;		/* prev function state  */
 	unsigned long ar_rsc;		/* RSE configuration */
-	/* The following two are valid only if cr_ipsr.cpl > 0: */
+	/* The following two are valid only if cr_ipsr.cpl > 0 || ti->flags & _TIF_MCA_INIT */
 	unsigned long ar_rnat;		/* RSE NaT */
 	unsigned long ar_bspstore;	/* RSE bspstore */
 
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h b/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h
index b2c79f0694f8ba17fe01483ce1bc5e3d4b2237be..cf4a950a0f4f0c367b05954adde90cab4574fe7c 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define TIF_SIGDELAYED		5	/* signal delayed from MCA/INIT/NMI/PMI context */
 #define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	16	/* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		17
+#define TIF_MCA_INIT		18	/* this task is processing MCA or INIT */
 
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1 << TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	(1 << TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT)
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED	(1 << TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
 #define _TIF_SIGDELAYED	(1 << TIF_SIGDELAYED)
 #define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1 << TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
+#define _TIF_MCA_INIT		(1 << TIF_MCA_INIT)
 
 /* "work to do on user-return" bits */
 #define TIF_ALLWORK_MASK	(_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME|_TIF_SIGPENDING|_TIF_NEED_RESCHED|_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE|_TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT|_TIF_SIGDELAYED)