diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
index 5917147..f5cdda6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 static inline void start_thread_common(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long pc)
 {
 	memset(regs, 0, sizeof(*regs));
-	regs->syscallno = ~0UL;
+	regs->syscallno = ~0;
 	regs->pc = pc;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h
index ada08b5..7721d7a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -116,7 +116,14 @@ struct pt_regs {
 		};
 	};
 	u64 orig_x0;
-	u64 syscallno;
+#ifdef __AARCH64EB__
+	u32 unused2;
+	s32 syscallno;
+#else
+	s32 syscallno;
+	u32 unused2;
+#endif
+
 	u64 orig_addr_limit;
 	u64 unused;	// maintain 16 byte alignment
 };
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
index 6915697..48c41ff 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@
 	 * Set syscallno to -1 by default (overridden later if real syscall).
 	 */
 	.if	\el == 0
-	mvn	x21, xzr
-	str	x21, [sp, #S_SYSCALLNO]
+	mvn	w21, wzr
+	str	w21, [sp, #S_SYSCALLNO]
 	.endif
 
 	/*
@@ -232,8 +232,9 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
  *
  * x7 is reserved for the system call number in 32-bit mode.
  */
-sc_nr	.req	x25		// number of system calls
-scno	.req	x26		// syscall number
+wsc_nr	.req	w25		// number of system calls
+wscno	.req	w26		// syscall number
+xscno	.req	x26		// syscall number (zero-extended)
 stbl	.req	x27		// syscall table pointer
 tsk	.req	x28		// current thread_info
 
@@ -519,8 +520,8 @@ el0_svc_compat:
 	 * AArch32 syscall handling
 	 */
 	adrp	stbl, compat_sys_call_table	// load compat syscall table pointer
-	uxtw	scno, w7			// syscall number in w7 (r7)
-	mov     sc_nr, #__NR_compat_syscalls
+	mov	wscno, w7			// syscall number in w7 (r7)
+	mov     wsc_nr, #__NR_compat_syscalls
 	b	el0_svc_naked
 
 	.align	6
@@ -741,19 +742,19 @@ ENDPROC(ret_from_fork)
 	.align	6
 el0_svc:
 	adrp	stbl, sys_call_table		// load syscall table pointer
-	uxtw	scno, w8			// syscall number in w8
-	mov	sc_nr, #__NR_syscalls
+	mov	wscno, w8			// syscall number in w8
+	mov	wsc_nr, #__NR_syscalls
 el0_svc_naked:					// compat entry point
-	stp	x0, scno, [sp, #S_ORIG_X0]	// save the original x0 and syscall number
+	stp	x0, xscno, [sp, #S_ORIG_X0]	// save the original x0 and syscall number
 	enable_dbg_and_irq
 	ct_user_exit 1
 
 	ldr	x16, [tsk, #TI_FLAGS]		// check for syscall hooks
 	tst	x16, #_TIF_SYSCALL_WORK
 	b.ne	__sys_trace
-	cmp     scno, sc_nr                     // check upper syscall limit
+	cmp     wscno, wsc_nr			// check upper syscall limit
 	b.hs	ni_sys
-	ldr	x16, [stbl, scno, lsl #3]	// address in the syscall table
+	ldr	x16, [stbl, xscno, lsl #3]	// address in the syscall table
 	blr	x16				// call sys_* routine
 	b	ret_fast_syscall
 ni_sys:
@@ -767,24 +768,23 @@ ENDPROC(el0_svc)
 	 * switches, and waiting for our parent to respond.
 	 */
 __sys_trace:
-	mov	w0, #-1				// set default errno for
-	cmp     scno, x0			// user-issued syscall(-1)
+	cmp     wscno, #-1			// user-issued syscall(-1)?
 	b.ne	1f
-	mov	x0, #-ENOSYS
+	mov	x0, #-ENOSYS			// set default errno if so
 	str	x0, [sp, #S_X0]
 1:	mov	x0, sp
 	bl	syscall_trace_enter
 	cmp	w0, #-1				// skip the syscall?
 	b.eq	__sys_trace_return_skipped
-	uxtw	scno, w0			// syscall number (possibly new)
+	mov	wscno, w0			// syscall number (possibly new)
 	mov	x1, sp				// pointer to regs
-	cmp	scno, sc_nr			// check upper syscall limit
+	cmp	wscno, wsc_nr			// check upper syscall limit
 	b.hs	__ni_sys_trace
 	ldp	x0, x1, [sp]			// restore the syscall args
 	ldp	x2, x3, [sp, #S_X2]
 	ldp	x4, x5, [sp, #S_X4]
 	ldp	x6, x7, [sp, #S_X6]
-	ldr	x16, [stbl, scno, lsl #3]	// address in the syscall table
+	ldr	x16, [stbl, xscno, lsl #3]	// address in the syscall table
 	blr	x16				// call sys_* routine
 
 __sys_trace_return:
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
index 8eedeef..193c621 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ static void tracehook_report_syscall(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	if (dir == PTRACE_SYSCALL_EXIT)
 		tracehook_report_syscall_exit(regs, 0);
 	else if (tracehook_report_syscall_entry(regs))
-		regs->syscallno = ~0UL;
+		regs->syscallno = ~0;
 
 	regs->regs[regno] = saved_reg;
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
index 404dd67..fd7eba8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static int restore_sigframe(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	/*
 	 * Avoid sys_rt_sigreturn() restarting.
 	 */
-	regs->syscallno = ~0UL;
+	regs->syscallno = ~0;
 
 	err |= !valid_user_regs(&regs->user_regs, current);
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	unsigned long continue_addr = 0, restart_addr = 0;
 	int retval = 0;
-	int syscall = (int)regs->syscallno;
+	int syscall = regs->syscallno;
 	struct ksignal ksig;
 
 	/*
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		/*
 		 * Avoid additional syscall restarting via ret_to_user.
 		 */
-		regs->syscallno = ~0UL;
+		regs->syscallno = ~0;
 
 		/*
 		 * Prepare for system call restart. We do this here so that a
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal32.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal32.c
index b7063de..1effea2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal32.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal32.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static int compat_restore_sigframe(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	/*
 	 * Avoid compat_sys_sigreturn() restarting.
 	 */
-	regs->syscallno = ~0UL;
+	regs->syscallno = ~0;
 
 	err |= !valid_user_regs(&regs->user_regs, current);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
index c743d1f..59f80b0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ asmlinkage long do_ni_syscall(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	if (show_unhandled_signals_ratelimited()) {
 		pr_info("%s[%d]: syscall %d\n", current->comm,
-			task_pid_nr(current), (int)regs->syscallno);
+			task_pid_nr(current), regs->syscallno);
 		dump_instr("", regs);
 		if (user_mode(regs))
 			__show_regs(regs);
