diff --git a/proctl/threads_linux.go b/proctl/threads_linux.go
index d629d1013a833fba89aa64f5a1cb6d25cc848b73..603a6cd86105de1eb5245ac4dc50af9b1d070bd0 100644
--- a/proctl/threads_linux.go
+++ b/proctl/threads_linux.go
@@ -50,24 +50,18 @@ func (t *ThreadContext) blocked() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func writeMemory(thread *ThreadContext, addr uintptr, data []byte) (int, error) {
-	return sys.PtracePokeData(thread.Id, addr, data)
+func (thread *ThreadContext) saveRegisters() error {
+	return sys.PtraceGetRegs(thread.Id, &thread.os.registers)
 }
 
-func readMemory(thread *ThreadContext, addr uintptr, data []byte) (int, error) {
-	return sys.PtracePeekData(thread.Id, addr, data)
+func (thread *ThreadContext) restoreRegisters() error {
+	return sys.PtraceSetRegs(thread.Id, &thread.os.registers)
 }
 
-func (thread *ThreadContext) saveRegisters() error {
-	var regs sys.PtraceRegs
-	err := sys.PtraceGetRegs(thread.Id, &regs)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	thread.os.registers = regs
-	return nil
+func writeMemory(thread *ThreadContext, addr uintptr, data []byte) (int, error) {
+	return sys.PtracePokeData(thread.Id, addr, data)
 }
 
-func (thread *ThreadContext) restoreRegisters() error {
-	return sys.PtraceSetRegs(thread.Id, &thread.os.registers)
+func readMemory(thread *ThreadContext, addr uintptr, data []byte) (int, error) {
+	return sys.PtracePeekData(thread.Id, addr, data)
 }