diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 7e6e682aece3..c301fa9b139f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 struct pt_regs {
 #ifdef CONFIG_32BIT
 	/* Pad bytes for argument save space on the stack. */
-	unsigned long pad0[6];
+	unsigned long pad0[8];
 #endif
 
 	/* Saved main processor registers. */