diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
index 3e36745670b2..578132219ff6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
@@ -1155,6 +1155,48 @@ do {									\
         : "=r" (__res));                                        \
         __res;})
 
+#ifdef HAVE_AS_DSP
+#define rddsp(mask)							\
+({									\
+	unsigned int __dspctl;						\
+									\
+	__asm__ __volatile__(						\
+	"	rddsp	%0, %x1					\n"	\
+	: "=r" (__dspctl)						\
+	: "i" (mask));							\
+	__dspctl;							\
+})
+
+#define wrdsp(val, mask)						\
+do {									\
+	__asm__ __volatile__(						\
+	"	wrdsp	%0, %x1					\n"	\
+	:								\
+	: "r" (val), "i" (mask));					\
+} while (0)
+
+#define mflo0() ({ long mflo0; __asm__("mflo %0, $ac0" : "=r" (mflo0)); mflo0;})
+#define mflo1() ({ long mflo1; __asm__("mflo %0, $ac1" : "=r" (mflo1)); mflo1;})
+#define mflo2() ({ long mflo2; __asm__("mflo %0, $ac2" : "=r" (mflo2)); mflo2;})
+#define mflo3() ({ long mflo3; __asm__("mflo %0, $ac3" : "=r" (mflo3)); mflo3;})
+
+#define mfhi0() ({ long mfhi0; __asm__("mfhi %0, $ac0" : "=r" (mfhi0)); mfhi0;})
+#define mfhi1() ({ long mfhi1; __asm__("mfhi %0, $ac1" : "=r" (mfhi1)); mfhi1;})
+#define mfhi2() ({ long mfhi2; __asm__("mfhi %0, $ac2" : "=r" (mfhi2)); mfhi2;})
+#define mfhi3() ({ long mfhi3; __asm__("mfhi %0, $ac3" : "=r" (mfhi3)); mfhi3;})
+
+#define mtlo0(x) __asm__("mtlo %0, $ac0" ::"r" (x))
+#define mtlo1(x) __asm__("mtlo %0, $ac1" ::"r" (x))
+#define mtlo2(x) __asm__("mtlo %0, $ac2" ::"r" (x))
+#define mtlo3(x) __asm__("mtlo %0, $ac3" ::"r" (x))
+
+#define mthi0(x) __asm__("mthi %0, $ac0" ::"r" (x))
+#define mthi1(x) __asm__("mthi %0, $ac1" ::"r" (x))
+#define mthi2(x) __asm__("mthi %0, $ac2" ::"r" (x))
+#define mthi3(x) __asm__("mthi %0, $ac3" ::"r" (x))
+
+#else
+
 #define rddsp(mask)							\
 ({									\
 	unsigned int __res;						\
@@ -1184,29 +1226,6 @@ do {									\
 	: "r" (val), "i" (mask));					\
 } while (0)
 
-#if 0	/* Need DSP ASE capable assembler ... */
-#define mflo0() ({ long mflo0; __asm__("mflo %0, $ac0" : "=r" (mflo0)); mflo0;})
-#define mflo1() ({ long mflo1; __asm__("mflo %0, $ac1" : "=r" (mflo1)); mflo1;})
-#define mflo2() ({ long mflo2; __asm__("mflo %0, $ac2" : "=r" (mflo2)); mflo2;})
-#define mflo3() ({ long mflo3; __asm__("mflo %0, $ac3" : "=r" (mflo3)); mflo3;})
-
-#define mfhi0() ({ long mfhi0; __asm__("mfhi %0, $ac0" : "=r" (mfhi0)); mfhi0;})
-#define mfhi1() ({ long mfhi1; __asm__("mfhi %0, $ac1" : "=r" (mfhi1)); mfhi1;})
-#define mfhi2() ({ long mfhi2; __asm__("mfhi %0, $ac2" : "=r" (mfhi2)); mfhi2;})
-#define mfhi3() ({ long mfhi3; __asm__("mfhi %0, $ac3" : "=r" (mfhi3)); mfhi3;})
-
-#define mtlo0(x) __asm__("mtlo %0, $ac0" ::"r" (x))
-#define mtlo1(x) __asm__("mtlo %0, $ac1" ::"r" (x))
-#define mtlo2(x) __asm__("mtlo %0, $ac2" ::"r" (x))
-#define mtlo3(x) __asm__("mtlo %0, $ac3" ::"r" (x))
-
-#define mthi0(x) __asm__("mthi %0, $ac0" ::"r" (x))
-#define mthi1(x) __asm__("mthi %0, $ac1" ::"r" (x))
-#define mthi2(x) __asm__("mthi %0, $ac2" ::"r" (x))
-#define mthi3(x) __asm__("mthi %0, $ac3" ::"r" (x))
-
-#else
-
 #define mfhi0()								\
 ({									\
 	unsigned long __treg;						\
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/Makefile b/arch/mips/kernel/Makefile
index 007c33d73715..6c17e1f3d0ec 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/Makefile
@@ -98,4 +98,35 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS)	+= perf_event_mipsxx.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL)	+= jump_label.o
 
+#
+# DSP ASE supported for MIPS32 or MIPS64 Release 2 cores only. It is safe
+# to enable DSP assembler support here even if the MIPS Release 2 CPU we
+# are targetting does not support DSP because all code-paths making use of
+# it properly check that the running CPU *actually does* support these
+# instructions.
+#
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR2), y)
+CFLAGS_DSP 			= -DHAVE_AS_DSP
+
+#
+# Check if assembler supports DSP ASE
+#
+ifeq ($(call cc-option-yn,-mdsp), y)
+CFLAGS_DSP			+= -mdsp
+endif
+
+#
+# Check if assembler supports DSP ASE Rev2
+#
+ifeq ($(call cc-option-yn,-mdspr2), y)
+CFLAGS_DSP			+= -mdspr2
+endif
+
+CFLAGS_signal.o			= $(CFLAGS_DSP)
+CFLAGS_signal32.o		= $(CFLAGS_DSP)
+CFLAGS_process.o		= $(CFLAGS_DSP)
+CFLAGS_branch.o			= $(CFLAGS_DSP)
+CFLAGS_ptrace.o			= $(CFLAGS_DSP)
+endif
+
 CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds		:= $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)