diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
index 6343b4a5b8350cb3a93edea5d75f3154cde48343..876a75cc376f7a8602d231c1c11440be8c88d7ae 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
@@ -251,14 +251,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(n32_msgrcv, int, msqid, u32, msgp, size_t, msgsz,
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(32_personality, unsigned long, personality)
 {
+	unsigned int p = personality & 0xffffffff;
 	int ret;
-	personality &= 0xffffffff;
+
 	if (personality(current->personality) == PER_LINUX32 &&
-	    personality == PER_LINUX)
-		personality = PER_LINUX32;
-	ret = sys_personality(personality);
-	if (ret == PER_LINUX32)
-		ret = PER_LINUX;
+	    personality(p) == PER_LINUX)
+		p = (p & ~PER_MASK) | PER_LINUX32;
+	ret = sys_personality(p);
+	if (ret != -1 && personality(ret) == PER_LINUX32)
+		ret = (ret & ~PER_MASK) | PER_LINUX;
 	return ret;
 }