diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/a.out-core.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/a.out-core.h
index 37822206083e..3c601f8224be 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/a.out-core.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/a.out-core.h
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
  */
 static inline void aout_dump_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, struct user *dump)
 {
-	u16 gs;
-
 /* changed the size calculations - should hopefully work better. lbt */
 	dump->magic = CMAGIC;
 	dump->start_code = 0;
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ static inline void aout_dump_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, struct user *dump)
 	dump->regs.ds = (u16)regs->ds;
 	dump->regs.es = (u16)regs->es;
 	dump->regs.fs = (u16)regs->fs;
-	savesegment(gs, gs);
+	savesegment(gs, dump->regs.gs);
 	dump->regs.orig_ax = regs->orig_ax;
 	dump->regs.ip = regs->ip;
 	dump->regs.cs = (u16)regs->cs;