diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/mips/kernel/kgdb.c
index 1f4bd222ba7657..eb6c0d582626b1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -244,9 +244,6 @@ static int compute_signal(int tt)
 void sleeping_thread_to_gdb_regs(unsigned long *gdb_regs, struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	int reg;
-	struct thread_info *ti = task_thread_info(p);
-	unsigned long ksp = (unsigned long)ti + THREAD_SIZE - 32;
-	struct pt_regs *regs = (struct pt_regs *)ksp - 1;
 #if (KGDB_GDB_REG_SIZE == 32)
 	u32 *ptr = (u32 *)gdb_regs;
 #else
@@ -254,25 +251,46 @@ void sleeping_thread_to_gdb_regs(unsigned long *gdb_regs, struct task_struct *p)
 #endif
 
 	for (reg = 0; reg < 16; reg++)
-		*(ptr++) = regs->regs[reg];
+		*(ptr++) = 0;
 
 	/* S0 - S7 */
-	for (reg = 16; reg < 24; reg++)
-		*(ptr++) = regs->regs[reg];
+	*(ptr++) = p->thread.reg16;
+	*(ptr++) = p->thread.reg17;
+	*(ptr++) = p->thread.reg18;
+	*(ptr++) = p->thread.reg19;
+	*(ptr++) = p->thread.reg20;
+	*(ptr++) = p->thread.reg21;
+	*(ptr++) = p->thread.reg22;
+	*(ptr++) = p->thread.reg23;
 
 	for (reg = 24; reg < 28; reg++)
 		*(ptr++) = 0;
 
 	/* GP, SP, FP, RA */
-	for (reg = 28; reg < 32; reg++)
-		*(ptr++) = regs->regs[reg];
-
-	*(ptr++) = regs->cp0_status;
-	*(ptr++) = regs->lo;
-	*(ptr++) = regs->hi;
-	*(ptr++) = regs->cp0_badvaddr;
-	*(ptr++) = regs->cp0_cause;
-	*(ptr++) = regs->cp0_epc;
+	*(ptr++) = (long)p;
+	*(ptr++) = p->thread.reg29;
+	*(ptr++) = p->thread.reg30;
+	*(ptr++) = p->thread.reg31;
+
+	*(ptr++) = p->thread.cp0_status;
+
+	/* lo, hi */
+	*(ptr++) = 0;
+	*(ptr++) = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * BadVAddr, Cause
+	 * Ideally these would come from the last exception frame up the stack
+	 * but that requires unwinding, otherwise we can't know much for sure.
+	 */
+	*(ptr++) = 0;
+	*(ptr++) = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * PC
+	 * use return address (RA), i.e. the moment after return from resume()
+	 */
+	*(ptr++) = p->thread.reg31;
 }
 
 void kgdb_arch_set_pc(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long pc)