diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h
index f073292e9fdb133462c40eb3dbaa4877cb5c98b7..d9d5de0f67ffe7a23510587d16718f5857f2a5f5 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -33,7 +33,17 @@ static inline void syscall_rollback(struct task_struct *task,
 static inline long syscall_get_error(struct task_struct *task,
 				     struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	return IS_ERR_VALUE(regs->gprs[2]) ? regs->gprs[2] : 0;
+	unsigned long error = regs->gprs[2];
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+	if (test_tsk_thread_flag(task, TIF_31BIT)) {
+		/*
+		 * Sign-extend the value so (int)-EFOO becomes (long)-EFOO
+		 * and will match correctly in comparisons.
+		 */
+		error = (long)(int)error;
+	}
+#endif
+	return IS_ERR_VALUE(error) ? error : 0;
 }
 
 static inline long syscall_get_return_value(struct task_struct *task,