diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/entry.S b/arch/nios2/kernel/entry.S
index fbd348bf103f..8f41ef5b0399 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/entry.S
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ local_restart:
 	movhi	r11, %hiadj(sys_call_table)
 	add	r1, r1, r11
 	ldw	r1, %lo(sys_call_table)(r1)
-	beq	r1, r0, ret_invsyscall
 
 	/* Check if we are being traced */
 	GET_THREAD_INFO r11
diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/syscall_table.c b/arch/nios2/kernel/syscall_table.c
index 6176d63023c1..c2875a6dd5a4 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/kernel/syscall_table.c
+++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/syscall_table.c
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
 #define __SYSCALL(nr, call) [nr] = (call),
 
 void *sys_call_table[__NR_syscalls] = {
+	[0 ... __NR_syscalls-1] = sys_ni_syscall,
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 };