diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
index 80abafb9bf3374d5f6d86b67ee0f1b1260b7e9fc..d8dbe9ca66b08c045a2d903a4d302d564ca60dde 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -916,14 +916,7 @@ asmlinkage int syscall_trace(int why, struct pt_regs *regs, int scno)
 {
 	unsigned long ip;
 
-	/*
-	 * Save IP.  IP is used to denote syscall entry/exit:
-	 *  IP = 0 -> entry, = 1 -> exit
-	 */
-	ip = regs->ARM_ip;
-	regs->ARM_ip = why;
-
-	if (!ip)
+	if (why)
 		audit_syscall_exit(regs);
 	else
 		audit_syscall_entry(AUDIT_ARCH_NR, scno, regs->ARM_r0,
@@ -936,6 +929,13 @@ asmlinkage int syscall_trace(int why, struct pt_regs *regs, int scno)
 
 	current_thread_info()->syscall = scno;
 
+	/*
+	 * IP is used to denote syscall entry/exit:
+	 * IP = 0 -> entry, =1 -> exit
+	 */
+	ip = regs->ARM_ip;
+	regs->ARM_ip = why;
+
 	/* the 0x80 provides a way for the tracing parent to distinguish
 	   between a syscall stop and SIGTRAP delivery */
 	ptrace_notify(SIGTRAP | ((current->ptrace & PT_TRACESYSGOOD)