diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h
index cefb7a5968783094befa3ee5925b02ab1f972fac..e090fc388e02483faf1291e2f4844f823aec5bc2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ struct mips_elf_abiflags_v0 {
 	int __res = 1;							\
 	struct elfhdr *__h = (hdr);					\
 									\
-	if (__h->e_machine != EM_MIPS)					\
+	if (!mips_elf_check_machine(__h))				\
 		__res = 0;						\
 	if (__h->e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASS32)			\
 		__res = 0;						\
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ struct mips_elf_abiflags_v0 {
 	int __res = 1;							\
 	struct elfhdr *__h = (hdr);					\
 									\
-	if (__h->e_machine != EM_MIPS)					\
+	if (!mips_elf_check_machine(__h))				\
 		__res = 0;						\
 	if (__h->e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASS64)			\
 		__res = 0;						\
@@ -285,6 +285,11 @@ struct mips_elf_abiflags_v0 {
 
 #endif /* !defined(ELF_ARCH) */
 
+#define mips_elf_check_machine(x) ((x)->e_machine == EM_MIPS)
+
+#define vmcore_elf32_check_arch mips_elf_check_machine
+#define vmcore_elf64_check_arch mips_elf_check_machine
+
 struct mips_abi;
 
 extern struct mips_abi mips_abi;
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfn32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfn32.c
index 1188e00bb120a2637c53f3916f28b1f990a9515e..1b992c6e3d8e212420673fbb697edeff0b6314e3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfn32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfn32.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ typedef elf_fpreg_t elf_fpregset_t[ELF_NFPREG];
 	int __res = 1;							\
 	struct elfhdr *__h = (hdr);					\
 									\
-	if (__h->e_machine != EM_MIPS)					\
+	if (!mips_elf_check_machine(__h))				\
 		__res = 0;						\
 	if (__h->e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASS32)			\
 		__res = 0;						\
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfo32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfo32.c
index 928767858b867b65cce4aa92f965f96064a1f429..abd3affe5fb3bd71367b908f9439b54ddea7a61c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfo32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/binfmt_elfo32.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ typedef elf_fpreg_t elf_fpregset_t[ELF_NFPREG];
 	int __res = 1;							\
 	struct elfhdr *__h = (hdr);					\
 									\
-	if (__h->e_machine != EM_MIPS)					\
+	if (!mips_elf_check_machine(__h))				\
 		__res = 0;						\
 	if (__h->e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASS32)			\
 		__res = 0;						\