diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
index 7020217..4e506d0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -403,6 +403,15 @@
 #define __ARM_NR_set_tls		(__ARM_NR_BASE+5)
 
 /*
+ * *NOTE*: This is a ghost syscall private to the kernel.  Only the
+ * __kuser_cmpxchg code in entry-armv.S should be aware of its
+ * existence.  Don't ever use this from user code.
+ */
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#define __ARM_NR_cmpxchg		(__ARM_NR_BASE+0x00fff0)
+#endif
+
+/*
  * The following syscalls are obsolete and no longer available for EABI.
  */
 #if defined(__ARM_EABI__) && !defined(__KERNEL__)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index 0022b4d..d2903e3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <mach/entry-macro.S>
 #include <asm/thread_notify.h>
 #include <asm/unwind.h>
+#include <asm/unistd.h>
 
 #include "entry-header.S"
 
@@ -908,10 +909,10 @@
 	 * A special ghost syscall is used for that (see traps.c).
 	 */
 	stmfd	sp!, {r7, lr}
-	mov	r7, #0xff00		@ 0xfff0 into r7 for EABI
-	orr	r7, r7, #0xf0
-	swi	#0x9ffff0
+	ldr	r7, =1f			@ it's 20 bits
+	swi	__ARM_NR_cmpxchg
 	ldmfd	sp!, {r7, pc}
+1:	.word	__ARM_NR_cmpxchg
 
 #elif __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ < 6
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
index 1bbda04..3f361a7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
 	 * __kuser_cmpxchg code in entry-armv.S should be aware of its
 	 * existence.  Don't ever use this from user code.
 	 */
-	case 0xfff0:
+	case NR(cmpxchg):
 	for (;;) {
 		extern void do_DataAbort(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr,
 					 struct pt_regs *regs);