*/
 #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
        elf_vrreg_t __user *v_regs = sigcontext_vmx_regs(sc);
+       unsigned long vrsave;
 #endif
        unsigned long msr = regs->msr;
        long err = 0;
        /* We always copy to/from vrsave, it's 0 if we don't have or don't
         * use altivec.
         */
-       if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC))
-               current->thread.vrsave = mfspr(SPRN_VRSAVE);
-       err |= __put_user(current->thread.vrsave, (u32 __user *)&v_regs[33]);
+       vrsave = 0;
+       if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC)) {
+               vrsave = mfspr(SPRN_VRSAVE);
+               current->thread.vrsave = vrsave;
+       }
+
+       err |= __put_user(vrsave, (u32 __user *)&v_regs[33]);
 #else /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
        err |= __put_user(0, &sc->v_regs);
 #endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */