diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/tile/kernel/ptrace.c
index 0f83ed4602b..d0dac73a2d8 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static int tile_gpr_set(struct task_struct *target,
 			  const void *kbuf, const void __user *ubuf)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct pt_regs regs;
+	struct pt_regs regs = *task_pt_regs(target);
 
 	ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf, &regs, 0,
 				 sizeof(regs));