diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-info.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-info.h
index b39def3f6e03..c454550eb0c0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-info.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-info.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct cpuinfo_mips {
 	unsigned int		watch_reg_use_cnt; /* Usable by ptrace */
 #define NUM_WATCH_REGS 4
 	u16			watch_reg_masks[NUM_WATCH_REGS];
+	unsigned int		kscratch_mask; /* Usable KScratch mask. */
 } __attribute__((aligned(SMP_CACHE_BYTES)));
 
 extern struct cpuinfo_mips cpu_data[];
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
index 68dae7b6b5db..f65d4c8c65a6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
@@ -739,6 +739,8 @@ static inline unsigned int decode_config4(struct cpuinfo_mips *c)
 	    && cpu_has_tlb)
 		c->tlbsize += (config4 & MIPS_CONF4_MMUSIZEEXT) * 0x40;
 
+	c->kscratch_mask = (config4 >> 16) & 0xff;
+
 	return config4 & MIPS_CONF_M;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c b/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c
index 4195abb55e59..e309665b6c81 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		);
 	seq_printf(m, "shadow register sets\t: %d\n",
 		       cpu_data[n].srsets);
+	seq_printf(m, "kscratch registers\t: %d\n",
+		   hweight8(cpu_data[n].kscratch_mask));
 	seq_printf(m, "core\t\t\t: %d\n", cpu_data[n].core);
 
 	sprintf(fmt, "VCE%%c exceptions\t\t: %s\n",