diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sys_i386_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sys_i386_32.c
index d5e06624e34a..0b0cb5fede19 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sys_i386_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sys_i386_32.c
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
 		  const char *const envp[])
 {
 	long __res;
-	asm volatile ("push %%ebx ; movl %2,%%ebx ; int $0x80 ; pop %%ebx"
+	asm volatile ("int $0x80"
 	: "=a" (__res)
-	: "0" (__NR_execve), "ri" (filename), "c" (argv), "d" (envp) : "memory");
+	: "0" (__NR_execve), "b" (filename), "c" (argv), "d" (envp) : "memory");
 	return __res;
 }