diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
index 5f68b220c26d..e00e5f6e7fdd 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
@@ -161,60 +161,6 @@ out:
 	return error;
 }
 
-struct dirent32 {
-	unsigned int	d_ino;
-	unsigned int	d_off;
-	unsigned short	d_reclen;
-	char		d_name[NAME_MAX + 1];
-};
-
-static void
-xlate_dirent(void *dirent64, void *dirent32, long n)
-{
-	long off;
-	struct dirent *dirp;
-	struct dirent32 *dirp32;
-
-	off = 0;
-	while (off < n) {
-		dirp = (struct dirent *)(dirent64 + off);
-		dirp32 = (struct dirent32 *)(dirent32 + off);
-		off += dirp->d_reclen;
-		dirp32->d_ino = dirp->d_ino;
-		dirp32->d_off = (unsigned int)dirp->d_off;
-		dirp32->d_reclen = dirp->d_reclen;
-		strncpy(dirp32->d_name, dirp->d_name, dirp->d_reclen - ((3 * 4) + 2));
-	}
-	return;
-}
-
-asmlinkage long
-sys32_getdents(unsigned int fd, void * dirent32, unsigned int count)
-{
-	long n;
-	void *dirent64;
-
-	dirent64 = (void *)((unsigned long)(dirent32 + (sizeof(long) - 1)) & ~(sizeof(long) - 1));
-	if ((n = sys_getdents(fd, dirent64, count - (dirent64 - dirent32))) < 0)
-		return(n);
-	xlate_dirent(dirent64, dirent32, n);
-	return(n);
-}
-
-asmlinkage int old_readdir(unsigned int fd, void * dirent, unsigned int count);
-
-asmlinkage int
-sys32_readdir(unsigned int fd, void * dirent32, unsigned int count)
-{
-	int n;
-	struct dirent dirent64;
-
-	if ((n = old_readdir(fd, &dirent64, count)) < 0)
-		return(n);
-	xlate_dirent(&dirent64, dirent32, dirent64.d_reclen);
-	return(n);
-}
-
 asmlinkage int
 sys32_waitpid(compat_pid_t pid, unsigned int *stat_addr, int options)
 {
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
index d87b5446fa13..02c8267e45e7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ EXPORT(sysn32_call_table)
 	PTR	sys_fdatasync
 	PTR	sys_truncate
 	PTR	sys_ftruncate			/* 6075 */
-	PTR	sys32_getdents
+	PTR	compat_sys_getdents
 	PTR	sys_getcwd
 	PTR	sys_chdir
 	PTR	sys_fchdir
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
index 5b0414018c9a..797e0d874889 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ sys_call_table:
 	PTR	sys_uselib
 	PTR	sys_swapon
 	PTR	sys_reboot
-	PTR	sys32_readdir
+	PTR	compat_sys_old_readdir
 	PTR	old_mmap			/* 4090 */
 	PTR	sys_munmap
 	PTR	sys_truncate
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ sys_call_table:
 	PTR	sys_setfsuid
 	PTR	sys_setfsgid
 	PTR	sys32_llseek			/* 4140 */
-	PTR	sys32_getdents
+	PTR	compat_sys_getdents
 	PTR	compat_sys_select
 	PTR	sys_flock
 	PTR	sys_msync