diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/syscall.h
index 00f2ffaaf293aaac6505e45df27ddcd000271684..087df5f26f86783a3576a0f8bbdf55f6a764867d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_MIPS_SYSCALL_H
 #define __ASM_MIPS_SYSCALL_H
 
+#include <linux/audit.h>
+#include <linux/elf-em.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
@@ -80,4 +82,16 @@ extern const unsigned long sys_call_table[];
 extern const unsigned long sys32_call_table[];
 extern const unsigned long sysn32_call_table[];
 
+static inline int __syscall_get_arch(void)
+{
+	int arch = EM_MIPS;
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+	arch |=  __AUDIT_ARCH_64BIT;
+#endif
+#if defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+	arch |=  __AUDIT_ARCH_LE;
+#endif
+	return arch;
+}
+
 #endif	/* __ASM_MIPS_SYSCALL_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c
index 83a6a464db70ff7d15a3cf30b2287f8ca43ca011..7341318dd2d830655067b83dff91436e7265c0fc 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <asm/mipsmtregs.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
+#include <asm/syscall.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
 #include <asm/reg.h>
@@ -647,18 +648,6 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline int audit_arch(void)
-{
-	int arch = EM_MIPS;
-#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-	arch |=	 __AUDIT_ARCH_64BIT;
-#endif
-#if defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN)
-	arch |=	 __AUDIT_ARCH_LE;
-#endif
-	return arch;
-}
-
 /*
  * Notification of system call entry/exit
  * - triggered by current->work.syscall_trace
@@ -673,7 +662,8 @@ asmlinkage void syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE))
 		ptrace_report_syscall(regs);
 
-	audit_syscall_entry(audit_arch(), regs->regs[2],
+	audit_syscall_entry(__syscall_get_arch(),
+			    regs->regs[2],
 			    regs->regs[4], regs->regs[5],
 			    regs->regs[6], regs->regs[7]);
 }