diff --git a/arch/cris/include/arch-v10/arch/elf.h b/arch/cris/include/arch-v10/arch/elf.h
index 1eb638aeddb44446ce3b00a905905dc48ed53772..3ea65cef529db963c0d5bbedf79265b5fde8d62f 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/arch-v10/arch/elf.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/arch-v10/arch/elf.h
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #ifndef __ASMCRIS_ARCH_ELF_H
 #define __ASMCRIS_ARCH_ELF_H
 
-#include <arch/system.h>
-
 #define ELF_MACH EF_CRIS_VARIANT_ANY_V0_V10
 
+/* Matches struct user_regs_struct */
+#define ELF_NGREG 35
+
 /*
  * This is used to ensure we don't load something for the wrong architecture.
  */
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/elf.h b/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/elf.h
index c46d582911668faea3450d0009a635e17025f787..f09fe49005c01032689c547ad79a255a9373316f 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/elf.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/elf.h
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_CRIS_ELF_H
 #define _ASM_CRIS_ELF_H
 
-#include <arch/system.h>
-
 #define ELF_CORE_EFLAGS EF_CRIS_VARIANT_V32
 
+/* Matches struct user_regs_struct */
+#define ELF_NGREG 32
+
 /*
  * This is used to ensure we don't load something for the wrong architecture.
  */
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/elf.h
index c2a394ff55ff39f31cfe1f96893865ee8f5d97a9..986adbabb581effe89b8fb7dadb3ed7e5069562b 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * ELF register definitions..
  */
 
-#include <asm/user.h>
+#include <arch/elf.h>
 
 #define R_CRIS_NONE             0
 #define R_CRIS_8                1
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ typedef unsigned long elf_greg_t;
 
 /* Note that NGREG is defined to ELF_NGREG in include/linux/elfcore.h, and is
    thus exposed to user-space. */
-#define ELF_NGREG (sizeof (struct user_regs_struct) / sizeof(elf_greg_t))
 typedef elf_greg_t elf_gregset_t[ELF_NGREG];
 
 /* A placeholder; CRIS does not have any fp regs.  */
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@ typedef unsigned long elf_fpregset_t;
 #define ELF_DATA	ELFDATA2LSB
 #define ELF_ARCH	EM_CRIS
 
-#include <arch/elf.h>
-
 /* The master for these definitions is {binutils}/include/elf/cris.h:  */
 /* User symbols in this file have a leading underscore.  */
 #define EF_CRIS_UNDERSCORE		0x00000001