diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h
index cdc6a46efd988a0b5d09bf134232ac2bf8007764..9f1b8dba2c81aa1b7dea3d5269ddcea4bb33692b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ extern int ptrace_set_watch_regs(struct task_struct *child,
  */
 #define user_mode(regs) (((regs)->cp0_status & KU_MASK) == KU_USER)
 
+#define regs_return_value(_regs) ((_regs)->regs[2])
 #define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->cp0_epc)
 #define profile_pc(regs) instruction_pointer(regs)