diff --git a/arch/metag/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/metag/kernel/ptrace.c
index ae659ba619487d67be09a8cd792f957be1709fae..2e4dfc15abd330ac9a38cd2df6d1779cc6bd0d9b 100644
--- a/arch/metag/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/metag/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@
  * user_regset definitions.
  */
 
+static unsigned long user_txstatus(const struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	unsigned long data = (unsigned long)regs->ctx.Flags;
+
+	if (regs->ctx.SaveMask & TBICTX_CBUF_BIT)
+		data |= USER_GP_REGS_STATUS_CATCH_BIT;
+
+	return data;
+}
+
 int metag_gp_regs_copyout(const struct pt_regs *regs,
 			  unsigned int pos, unsigned int count,
 			  void *kbuf, void __user *ubuf)
@@ -62,9 +72,7 @@ int metag_gp_regs_copyout(const struct pt_regs *regs,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 	/* TXSTATUS */
-	data = (unsigned long)regs->ctx.Flags;
-	if (regs->ctx.SaveMask & TBICTX_CBUF_BIT)
-		data |= USER_GP_REGS_STATUS_CATCH_BIT;
+	data = user_txstatus(regs);
 	ret = user_regset_copyout(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
 				  &data, 4*25, 4*26);
 	if (ret)
@@ -119,6 +127,7 @@ int metag_gp_regs_copyin(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 	/* TXSTATUS */
+	data = user_txstatus(regs);
 	ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
 				 &data, 4*25, 4*26);
 	if (ret)