diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/ptrace.c
index 86d835157b546f08f7eff0cc58a5f3dccbc5b359..d9ee81769899fb8652046857d2fa3eaabd1bacc1 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ asmlinkage unsigned long syscall_trace_enter(void)
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE) &&
 	    tracehook_report_syscall_entry(current_pt_regs()))
 		ret = -1UL;
-	audit_syscall_entry(AUDIT_ARCH_ALPHA, regs->r0, regs->r16, regs->r17, regs->r18, regs->r19);
+	audit_syscall_entry(regs->r0, regs->r16, regs->r17, regs->r18, regs->r19);
 	return ret ?: current_pt_regs()->r0;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
index 0c27ed6f3f2346e9bd9c13a8cea1265536572ba5..6af95986fbf7926be0c2fee04e76d607c64fb557 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -944,8 +944,8 @@ asmlinkage int syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, int scno)
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT))
 		trace_sys_enter(regs, scno);
 
-	audit_syscall_entry(AUDIT_ARCH_ARM, scno, regs->ARM_r0, regs->ARM_r1,
-			    regs->ARM_r2, regs->ARM_r3);
+	audit_syscall_entry(scno, regs->ARM_r0, regs->ARM_r1, regs->ARM_r2,
+			    regs->ARM_r3);
 
 	return scno;
 }
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c
index b7a5fffe0924e03c860f50afcebc5bc0fc4ea7a3..6f54d511cc509a03ac079871b6979f03e6b53bc8 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ syscall_trace_enter (long arg0, long arg1, long arg2, long arg3,
 		ia64_sync_krbs();
 
 
-	audit_syscall_entry(AUDIT_ARCH_IA64, regs.r15, arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
+	audit_syscall_entry(regs.r15, arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c
index 39cf50841f6d57f5e6253cd9e8a04086604bc159..bb10637ce688b389b61a4516f2fb691f0d7b4266 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ asmlinkage long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		 */
 		ret = -1L;
 
-	audit_syscall_entry(EM_MICROBLAZE, regs->r12, regs->r5, regs->r6,
-			    regs->r7, regs->r8);
+	audit_syscall_entry(regs->r12, regs->r5, regs->r6, regs->r7, regs->r8);
 
 	return ret ?: regs->r12;
 }
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c
index f639ccd5060c18d85f33a33f2cc4bce81605ae3b..d8a76f97a053d8097593fad41c06ef8afc21fee6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -649,9 +649,7 @@ asmlinkage long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall)
 	if (unlikely(test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)))
 		trace_sys_enter(regs, regs->regs[2]);
 
-	audit_syscall_entry(syscall_get_arch(),
-			    syscall,
-			    regs->regs[4], regs->regs[5],
+	audit_syscall_entry(syscall, regs->regs[4], regs->regs[5],
 			    regs->regs[6], regs->regs[7]);
 	return syscall;
 }
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/openrisc/kernel/ptrace.c
index 71a2a0c34c65b0e24d4defb6af481e878647f7d4..4f59fa4e34e5f2c795c3d1e150520513dd78d7d3 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -187,8 +187,7 @@ asmlinkage long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		 */
 		ret = -1L;
 
-	audit_syscall_entry(AUDIT_ARCH_OPENRISC, regs->gpr[11],
-			    regs->gpr[3], regs->gpr[4],
+	audit_syscall_entry(regs->gpr[11], regs->gpr[3], regs->gpr[4],
 			    regs->gpr[5], regs->gpr[6]);
 
 	return ret ? : regs->gpr[11];
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/ptrace.c
index e842ee233db44ef902899280fbadd456175a4de3..74814577e4b8a18a9aaf117d63cdde384de6c557 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -276,14 +276,11 @@ long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
 	if (!is_compat_task())
-		audit_syscall_entry(AUDIT_ARCH_PARISC64,
-			regs->gr[20],
-			regs->gr[26], regs->gr[25],
-			regs->gr[24], regs->gr[23]);
+		audit_syscall_entry(regs->gr[20], regs->gr[26], regs->gr[25],
+				    regs->gr[24], regs->gr[23]);
 	else
 #endif
-		audit_syscall_entry(AUDIT_ARCH_PARISC,
-			regs->gr[20] & 0xffffffff,
+		audit_syscall_entry(regs->gr[20] & 0xffffffff,
 			regs->gr[26] & 0xffffffff,
 			regs->gr[25] & 0xffffffff,
 			regs->gr[24] & 0xffffffff,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index 2e3d2bf536c5662c00f02e07cf36cd1e4b111825..524a943a33bb24831deada106866f5313b7ce554 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1788,14 +1788,11 @@ long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 	if (!is_32bit_task())
-		audit_syscall_entry(AUDIT_ARCH_PPC64,
-				    regs->gpr[0],
-				    regs->gpr[3], regs->gpr[4],
+		audit_syscall_entry(regs->gpr[0], regs->gpr[3], regs->gpr[4],
 				    regs->gpr[5], regs->gpr[6]);
 	else
 #endif
-		audit_syscall_entry(AUDIT_ARCH_PPC,
-				    regs->gpr[0],
+		audit_syscall_entry(regs->gpr[0],
 				    regs->gpr[3] & 0xffffffff,
 				    regs->gpr[4] & 0xffffffff,
 				    regs->gpr[5] & 0xffffffff,
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c
index 5dc7ad9e2fbf2d1b035194b30db18a82957c1358..910f253b22bcc97bc45421711bc8c49663c0ed8a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -828,9 +828,7 @@ asmlinkage long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (unlikely(test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)))
 		trace_sys_enter(regs, regs->gprs[2]);
 
-	audit_syscall_entry(is_compat_task() ?
-				AUDIT_ARCH_S390 : AUDIT_ARCH_S390X,
-			    regs->gprs[2], regs->orig_gpr2,
+	audit_syscall_entry(regs->gprs[2], regs->orig_gpr2,
 			    regs->gprs[3], regs->gprs[4],
 			    regs->gprs[5]);
 out:
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_32.c b/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_32.c
index 668c81631c083d352dd50b3afc63193708d44eac..c1a6b89bfe70d588b1aabf5d2814196c505018a8 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_32.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_32.c
@@ -484,17 +484,6 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline int audit_arch(void)
-{
-	int arch = EM_SH;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-	arch |= __AUDIT_ARCH_LE;
-#endif
-
-	return arch;
-}
-
 asmlinkage long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	long ret = 0;
@@ -513,8 +502,7 @@ asmlinkage long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (unlikely(test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)))
 		trace_sys_enter(regs, regs->regs[0]);
 
-	audit_syscall_entry(audit_arch(), regs->regs[3],
-			    regs->regs[4], regs->regs[5],
+	audit_syscall_entry(regs->regs[3], regs->regs[4], regs->regs[5],
 			    regs->regs[6], regs->regs[7]);
 
 	return ret ?: regs->regs[0];
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_64.c b/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_64.c
index af90339dadcd7aa5f02dd0f4a59c10a61ccf98d6..5cea973a65b25674a34fefb411483d474a723351 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_64.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_64.c
@@ -504,20 +504,6 @@ asmlinkage int sh64_ptrace(long request, long pid,
 	return sys_ptrace(request, pid, addr, data);
 }
 
-static inline int audit_arch(void)
-{
-	int arch = EM_SH;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-	arch |= __AUDIT_ARCH_64BIT;
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-	arch |= __AUDIT_ARCH_LE;
-#endif
-
-	return arch;
-}
-
 asmlinkage long long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	long long ret = 0;
@@ -536,8 +522,7 @@ asmlinkage long long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (unlikely(test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)))
 		trace_sys_enter(regs, regs->regs[9]);
 
-	audit_syscall_entry(audit_arch(), regs->regs[1],
-			    regs->regs[2], regs->regs[3],
+	audit_syscall_entry(regs->regs[1], regs->regs[2], regs->regs[3],
 			    regs->regs[4], regs->regs[5]);
 
 	return ret ?: regs->regs[9];
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace_64.c
index c13c9f25d83a0b11dc1d415bd556c1cd25d6f41b..9ddc4928a089b599568331792097c2bc35ea0be8 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace_64.c
@@ -1076,13 +1076,8 @@ asmlinkage int syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (unlikely(test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)))
 		trace_sys_enter(regs, regs->u_regs[UREG_G1]);
 
-	audit_syscall_entry((test_thread_flag(TIF_32BIT) ?
-			     AUDIT_ARCH_SPARC :
-			     AUDIT_ARCH_SPARC64),
-			    regs->u_regs[UREG_G1],
-			    regs->u_regs[UREG_I0],
-			    regs->u_regs[UREG_I1],
-			    regs->u_regs[UREG_I2],
+	audit_syscall_entry(regs->u_regs[UREG_G1], regs->u_regs[UREG_I0],
+			    regs->u_regs[UREG_I1], regs->u_regs[UREG_I2],
 			    regs->u_regs[UREG_I3]);
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/um/kernel/ptrace.c
index 694d551c88996dbee7c974487b9299c9f1efc8fe..62435ef003d9f5a68a2a92a5153a7a757a314343 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@ static void send_sigtrap(struct task_struct *tsk, struct uml_pt_regs *regs,
  */
 void syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	audit_syscall_entry(HOST_AUDIT_ARCH,
-			    UPT_SYSCALL_NR(&regs->regs),
+	audit_syscall_entry(UPT_SYSCALL_NR(&regs->regs),
 			    UPT_SYSCALL_ARG1(&regs->regs),
 			    UPT_SYSCALL_ARG2(&regs->regs),
 			    UPT_SYSCALL_ARG3(&regs->regs),
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index 678c0ada3b3ce5f94135c7076cf59800850ca474..eb1c87f0b03bcf6fa13f0c256404f40361e9df7d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1488,15 +1488,11 @@ long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		trace_sys_enter(regs, regs->orig_ax);
 
 	if (IS_IA32)
-		audit_syscall_entry(AUDIT_ARCH_I386,
-				    regs->orig_ax,
-				    regs->bx, regs->cx,
+		audit_syscall_entry(regs->orig_ax, regs->bx, regs->cx,
 				    regs->dx, regs->si);
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	else
-		audit_syscall_entry(AUDIT_ARCH_X86_64,
-				    regs->orig_ax,
-				    regs->di, regs->si,
+		audit_syscall_entry(regs->orig_ax, regs->di, regs->si,
 				    regs->dx, regs->r10);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/x86/um/asm/ptrace.h
index 54f8102ccde5d2774f375f6584c31c712f46d915..e59eef20647b3e722cc3f5a97fdec08c29071c14 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/um/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ struct user_desc;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 
-#define HOST_AUDIT_ARCH AUDIT_ARCH_I386
-
 extern int ptrace_get_thread_area(struct task_struct *child, int idx,
                                   struct user_desc __user *user_desc);
 
@@ -57,8 +55,6 @@ extern int ptrace_set_thread_area(struct task_struct *child, int idx,
 
 #else
 
-#define HOST_AUDIT_ARCH AUDIT_ARCH_X86_64
-
 #define PT_REGS_R8(r) UPT_R8(&(r)->regs)
 #define PT_REGS_R9(r) UPT_R9(&(r)->regs)
 #define PT_REGS_R10(r) UPT_R10(&(r)->regs)
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c
index 562fac664751df705f2c31cb3a2bc245e9ebd9ec..4d54b481123b64e286f45f6fc03121a0d5024474 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ void do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		do_syscall_trace();
 
 #if 0
-	audit_syscall_entry(current, AUDIT_ARCH_XTENSA..);
+	audit_syscall_entry(...);
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 22cfddb7556631f7337b3e31b86ec32f9109c615..bb1c3ab611bf32d7d85274bff06bf07cd8d0b46d 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/audit.h>
+#include <asm/syscall.h>
 
 struct audit_sig_info {
 	uid_t		uid;
@@ -141,12 +142,12 @@ static inline void audit_free(struct task_struct *task)
 	if (unlikely(task->audit_context))
 		__audit_free(task);
 }
-static inline void audit_syscall_entry(int arch, int major, unsigned long a0,
+static inline void audit_syscall_entry(int major, unsigned long a0,
 				       unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2,
 				       unsigned long a3)
 {
 	if (unlikely(current->audit_context))
-		__audit_syscall_entry(arch, major, a0, a1, a2, a3);
+		__audit_syscall_entry(syscall_get_arch(), major, a0, a1, a2, a3);
 }
 static inline void audit_syscall_exit(void *pt_regs)
 {
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ static inline int audit_alloc(struct task_struct *task)
 }
 static inline void audit_free(struct task_struct *task)
 { }
-static inline void audit_syscall_entry(int arch, int major, unsigned long a0,
+static inline void audit_syscall_entry(int major, unsigned long a0,
 				       unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2,
 				       unsigned long a3)
 { }