diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index ee15d3c..a94f155 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@
 	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r11, r1)
 	ld	r10,TI_FLAGS(r11)
 	andi.	r11,r10,_TIF_SYSCALL_DOTRACE
-	bne	syscall_dotrace
-.Lsyscall_dotrace_cont:
+	bne	syscall_dotrace		/* does not return */
 	cmpldi	0,r0,NR_syscalls
 	bge-	syscall_enosys
 
@@ -246,22 +245,34 @@
 	bl	save_nvgprs
 	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
 	bl	do_syscall_trace_enter
+
 	/*
-	 * Restore argument registers possibly just changed.
-	 * We use the return value of do_syscall_trace_enter
-	 * for the call number to look up in the table (r0).
+	 * We use the return value of do_syscall_trace_enter() as the syscall
+	 * number. If the syscall was rejected for any reason do_syscall_trace_enter()
+	 * returns an invalid syscall number and the test below against
+	 * NR_syscalls will fail.
 	 */
 	mr	r0,r3
+
+	/* Restore argument registers just clobbered and/or possibly changed. */
 	ld	r3,GPR3(r1)
 	ld	r4,GPR4(r1)
 	ld	r5,GPR5(r1)
 	ld	r6,GPR6(r1)
 	ld	r7,GPR7(r1)
 	ld	r8,GPR8(r1)
+
+	/* Repopulate r9 and r10 for the system_call path */
 	addi	r9,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
 	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r10, r1)
 	ld	r10,TI_FLAGS(r10)
-	b	.Lsyscall_dotrace_cont
+
+	cmpldi	r0,NR_syscalls
+	blt+	system_call
+
+	/* Return code is already in r3 thanks to do_syscall_trace_enter() */
+	b	.Lsyscall_exit
+
 
 syscall_enosys:
 	li	r3,-ENOSYS