diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 261fdd0..1bc092e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ config ARM
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
-	select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
index 8f60b6e..202bc3a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SOCKETCALL
 #endif
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
+#define __ARCH_WANT_KERNEL_EXECVE
 
 /*
  * "Conditional" syscalls
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
index 417bac1..c05bd28 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
@@ -94,6 +94,18 @@ ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
 	b	ret_slow_syscall
 ENDPROC(ret_from_fork)
 
+/*
+ * turn a kernel thread into userland process
+ * use: ret_from_kernel_execve(struct pt_regs *normal)
+ */
+ENTRY(ret_from_kernel_execve)
+	mov     why, #0                 @ not a syscall
+	str     why, [r0, #S_R0]        @ ... and we want 0 in ->ARM_r0 as well
+	get_thread_info tsk             @ thread structure
+	mov     sp, r0                  @ stack pointer just under pt_regs
+	b       ret_slow_syscall
+ENDPROC(ret_from_kernel_execve)
+
 	.equ NR_syscalls,0
 #define CALL(x) .equ NR_syscalls,NR_syscalls+1
 #include "calls.S"