diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 8d2ae24b9f4a815e253340c75c633be0a18fae9d..1feb169274fe613cc5f0360c797668bf84497c4b 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -407,6 +407,12 @@ config CLONE_BACKWARDS2
 	help
 	  Architecture has the first two arguments of clone(2) swapped.
 
+config CLONE_BACKWARDS3
+	bool
+	help
+	  Architecture has tls passed as the 3rd argument of clone(2),
+	  not the 5th one.
+
 config ODD_RT_SIGACTION
 	bool
 	help
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig b/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
index d22a4ecffff422f542e96f81527b45a4e3f9c6c2..4fab52294d9874b5b07558682ec5160a470c1092 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ config MICROBLAZE
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
-	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
+	select CLONE_BACKWARDS3
 
 config SWAP
 	def_bool n
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 4147d700a293623b63615b987c797f14d380a7a1..84662ecc7b51468233175959ddd5c04bd0efac0d 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -802,9 +802,14 @@ asmlinkage long sys_vfork(void);
 asmlinkage long sys_clone(unsigned long, unsigned long, int __user *, int,
 	       int __user *);
 #else
+#ifdef CONFIG_CLONE_BACKWARDS3
+asmlinkage long sys_clone(unsigned long, unsigned long, int, int __user *,
+			  int __user *, int);
+#else
 asmlinkage long sys_clone(unsigned long, unsigned long, int __user *,
 	       int __user *, int);
 #endif
+#endif
 
 asmlinkage long sys_execve(const char __user *filename,
 		const char __user *const __user *argv,
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 403d2bb8a96865ec2b62da44e48f77e3a7ae3e0c..e23bb19e2a3e23c9d3ad3c68e0f49acb214d3e51 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1679,6 +1679,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(clone, unsigned long, newsp, unsigned long, clone_flags,
 		 int __user *, parent_tidptr,
 		 int __user *, child_tidptr,
 		 int, tls_val)
+#elif defined(CONFIG_CLONE_BACKWARDS3)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE6(clone, unsigned long, clone_flags, unsigned long, newsp,
+		int, stack_size,
+		int __user *, parent_tidptr,
+		int __user *, child_tidptr,
+		int, tls_val)
 #else
 SYSCALL_DEFINE5(clone, unsigned long, clone_flags, unsigned long, newsp,
 		 int __user *, parent_tidptr,