diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/entry.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/entry.h
index 23daa326fc9b..eb2ae53187d9 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/entry.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/entry.h
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
  *-------------------------------------------------------------*/
 .macro SAVE_ALL_EXCEPTION   marker
 
-	st      \marker, [sp, 8]
+	st      \marker, [sp, 8]	/* orig_r8 */
 	st      r0, [sp, 4]    /* orig_r0, needed only for sys calls */
 
 	/* Restore r9 used to code the early prologue */
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 8ae783d20a81..6179de7e07c2 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static inline long regs_return_value(struct pt_regs *regs)
 #define orig_r8_IS_SCALL		0x0001
 #define orig_r8_IS_SCALL_RESTARTED	0x0002
 #define orig_r8_IS_BRKPT		0x0004
-#define orig_r8_IS_EXCPN		0x0004
+#define orig_r8_IS_EXCPN		0x0008
 #define orig_r8_IS_IRQ1			0x0010
 #define orig_r8_IS_IRQ2			0x0020
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
index b9d875a441cc..91eeab81f52d 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ tracesys:
 	; using ERET won't work since next-PC has already committed
 	lr  r12, [efa]
 	GET_CURR_TASK_FIELD_PTR   TASK_THREAD, r11
-	st  r12, [r11, THREAD_FAULT_ADDR]
+	st  r12, [r11, THREAD_FAULT_ADDR]	; thread.fault_address
 
 	; PRE Sys Call Ptrace hook
 	mov r0, sp			; pt_regs needed