diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/elf.h
index d16d006d660..f8ccf08f693 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -156,12 +156,12 @@ extern int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 #undef SET_PERSONALITY
 #define SET_PERSONALITY(ex) \
 do { \
-	current->personality = PER_LINUX; \
+	set_personality(PER_LINUX | (current->personality & (~PER_MASK))); \
 	current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_COMPAT; \
 } while (0)
 #define COMPAT_SET_PERSONALITY(ex) \
 do { \
-	current->personality = PER_LINUX_32BIT; \
+	set_personality(PER_LINUX | (current->personality & (~PER_MASK))); \
 	current_thread_info()->status |= TS_COMPAT; \
 } while (0)