diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h
index dbe3b00d1eb7..c0ebe6fade63 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@
 #define COMPAT_PT_TEXT_ADDR		0x10000
 #define COMPAT_PT_DATA_ADDR		0x10004
 #define COMPAT_PT_TEXT_END_ADDR		0x10008
+
+/*
+ * used to skip a system call when tracer changes its number to -1
+ * with ptrace(PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL)
+ */
+#define RET_SKIP_SYSCALL	-1
+#define IS_SKIP_SYSCALL(no)	((int)(no & 0xffffffff) == -1)
+
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 /* sizeof(struct user) for AArch32 */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
index 3c93e1a9ea8d..a30fab9ea2a3 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
 #include <asm/errno.h>
 #include <asm/esr.h>
+#include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 
@@ -662,6 +663,8 @@ __sys_trace:
 	mov	x0, sp
 	bl	syscall_trace_enter
 	adr	lr, __sys_trace_return		// return address
+	cmp	w0, #RET_SKIP_SYSCALL		// skip syscall?
+	b.eq	__sys_trace_return_skipped
 	uxtw	scno, w0			// syscall number (possibly new)
 	mov	x1, sp				// pointer to regs
 	cmp	scno, sc_nr			// check upper syscall limit
@@ -675,6 +678,7 @@ __sys_trace:
 
 __sys_trace_return:
 	str	x0, [sp]			// save returned x0
+__sys_trace_return_skipped:			// x0 already in regs[0]
 	mov	x0, sp
 	bl	syscall_trace_exit
 	b	ret_to_user
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
index 56a62ebf2baf..2a6edfb0079b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1108,9 +1108,29 @@ static void tracehook_report_syscall(struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 asmlinkage int syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	unsigned int saved_syscallno = regs->syscallno;
+
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE))
 		tracehook_report_syscall(regs, PTRACE_SYSCALL_ENTER);
 
+	if (IS_SKIP_SYSCALL(regs->syscallno)) {
+		/*
+		 * RESTRICTION: we can't modify a return value of user
+		 * issued syscall(-1) here. In order to ease this flavor,
+		 * we need to treat whatever value in x0 as a return value,
+		 * but this might result in a bogus value being returned.
+		 */
+		/*
+		 * NOTE: syscallno may also be set to -1 if fatal signal is
+		 * detected in tracehook_report_syscall_entry(), but since
+		 * a value set to x0 here is not used in this case, we may
+		 * neglect the case.
+		 */
+		if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE) ||
+				(IS_SKIP_SYSCALL(saved_syscallno)))
+			regs->regs[0] = -ENOSYS;
+	}
+
 	audit_syscall_entry(syscall_get_arch(), regs->syscallno,
 		regs->orig_x0, regs->regs[1], regs->regs[2], regs->regs[3]);