diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c
index 6e467e3..3332385 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 
 	REG_O_ZERO(pad);
 	REG_O_CHUNK(scratch, callee, ptregs);
+	REG_O_ZERO(pad2);
 	REG_O_CHUNK(callee, efa, cregs);
 	REG_O_CHUNK(efa, stop_pc, &target->thread.fault_address);
 
@@ -96,8 +97,9 @@
 			offsetof(struct user_regs_struct, LOC) + 4);
 
 	REG_IGNORE_ONE(pad);
-	/* TBD: disallow updates to STATUS32, orig_r8 etc*/
-	REG_IN_CHUNK(scratch, callee, ptregs);	/* pt_regs[bta..orig_r8] */
+	/* TBD: disallow updates to STATUS32 etc*/
+	REG_IN_CHUNK(scratch, pad2, ptregs);	/* pt_regs[bta..sp] */
+	REG_IGNORE_ONE(pad2);
 	REG_IN_CHUNK(callee, efa, cregs);	/* callee_regs[r25..r13] */
 	REG_IGNORE_ONE(efa);			/* efa update invalid */
 	REG_IN_ONE(stop_pc, &ptregs->ret);	/* stop_pc: PC update */