diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
index d71160de4d10..97f8bf6639e7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info __asm__("$28");
 #define _TIF_FPUBOUND		(1<<TIF_FPUBOUND)
 #define _TIF_LOAD_WATCH		(1<<TIF_LOAD_WATCH)
 
+/* work to do in syscall_trace_leave() */
+#define _TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_EXIT	(_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE | _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT)
+
 /* work to do on interrupt/exception return */
 #define _TIF_WORK_MASK		(0x0000ffef &				\
 					~(_TIF_SECCOMP | _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT))
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/entry.S b/arch/mips/kernel/entry.S
index ffa331029e08..a917e34b792b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/entry.S
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ work_notifysig:				# deal with pending signals and
 FEXPORT(syscall_exit_work_partial)
 	SAVE_STATIC
 syscall_exit_work:
-	li	t0, _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE | _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT
+	li	t0, _TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_EXIT
 	and	t0, a2			# a2 is preloaded with TI_FLAGS
 	beqz	t0, work_pending	# trace bit set?
 	local_irq_enable		# could let do_syscall_trace()