diff --git a/arch/mips/vdso/gettimeofday.c b/arch/mips/vdso/gettimeofday.c
index 5f6337545ee2a56f091ebbc56cdbeb5e29c86b37..23305bf6c7a26302943e95320b2793e306b7aebe 100644
--- a/arch/mips/vdso/gettimeofday.c
+++ b/arch/mips/vdso/gettimeofday.c
@@ -20,6 +20,28 @@
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 #include <asm/vdso.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_CLOCK_VSYSCALL
+
+static __always_inline long gettimeofday_fallback(struct timeval *_tv,
+					  struct timezone *_tz)
+{
+	register struct timezone *tz asm("a1") = _tz;
+	register struct timeval *tv asm("a0") = _tv;
+	register long ret asm("v0");
+	register long nr asm("v0") = __NR_gettimeofday;
+	register long error asm("a3");
+
+	asm volatile(
+	"       syscall\n"
+	: "=r" (ret), "=r" (error)
+	: "r" (tv), "r" (tz), "r" (nr)
+	: "memory");
+
+	return error ? -ret : ret;
+}
+
+#endif
+
 static __always_inline long clock_gettime_fallback(clockid_t _clkid,
 					   struct timespec *_ts)
 {
@@ -205,7 +227,7 @@ int __vdso_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, struct timezone *tz)
 
 	ret = do_realtime(&ts, data);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		return gettimeofday_fallback(tv, tz);
 
 	if (tv) {
 		tv->tv_sec = ts.tv_sec;