diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 8a50efb559f3..39002d769d95 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ config ARM
 	select HAVE_ARM_SMCCC if CPU_V7
 	select HAVE_EBPF_JIT if !CPU_ENDIAN_BE32
 	select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
+	select HAVE_COPY_THREAD_TLS
 	select HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
 	select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
 	select HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS if MMU
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index 9485acc520a4..e7fac125ea0d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task)
 asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void) __asm__("ret_from_fork");
 
 int
-copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long stack_start,
-	    unsigned long stk_sz, struct task_struct *p)
+copy_thread_tls(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long stack_start,
+	    unsigned long stk_sz, struct task_struct *p, unsigned long tls)
 {
 	struct thread_info *thread = task_thread_info(p);
 	struct pt_regs *childregs = task_pt_regs(p);
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long stack_start,
 	clear_ptrace_hw_breakpoint(p);
 
 	if (clone_flags & CLONE_SETTLS)
-		thread->tp_value[0] = childregs->ARM_r3;
+		thread->tp_value[0] = tls;
 	thread->tp_value[1] = get_tpuser();
 
 	thread_notify(THREAD_NOTIFY_COPY, thread);