diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/signal.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/signal.c
index b6be705c2a3..e78fe49a984 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/signal.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ void do_signal(int canrestart, struct pt_regs *regs)
 			RESTART_CRIS_SYS(regs);
 		}
 		if (regs->r10 == -ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK) {
-			regs->r10 = __NR_restart_syscall;
+			regs->r9 = __NR_restart_syscall;
 			regs->irp -= 2;
 		}
 	}