diff --git a/include/linux/elfcore.h b/include/linux/elfcore.h
index 03ec167798022ffa08865662c2e0b69297f56c54..00d6a68d04215e7e289a3451ca4a8f714e2b6975 100644
--- a/include/linux/elfcore.h
+++ b/include/linux/elfcore.h
@@ -122,10 +122,9 @@ static inline void elf_core_copy_kernel_regs(elf_gregset_t *elfregs, struct pt_r
 
 static inline int elf_core_copy_task_regs(struct task_struct *t, elf_gregset_t* elfregs)
 {
-#ifdef ELF_CORE_COPY_TASK_REGS
-	
+#if defined (ELF_CORE_COPY_TASK_REGS)
 	return ELF_CORE_COPY_TASK_REGS(t, elfregs);
-#else
+#elif defined (task_pt_regs)
 	elf_core_copy_regs(elfregs, task_pt_regs(t));
 #endif
 	return 0;