diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 4b0669c..dfb1e07 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -181,4 +181,7 @@ config HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE
 config ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	bool
 
+config ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
+	bool
+
 source "kernel/gcov/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index d46f1da..ad2af82 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -2420,6 +2420,7 @@ config MIPS32_COMPAT
 config COMPAT
 	bool
 	depends on MIPS32_COMPAT
+	select ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
 	default y
 
 config SYSVIPC_COMPAT
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 951e18f..e2be710 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ config COMPAT
 	bool
 	default y if PPC64
 	select COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
+	select ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
 
 config SYSVIPC_COMPAT
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 373679b..2fc3bca 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ config COMPAT
 	prompt "Kernel support for 31 bit emulation"
 	depends on 64BIT
 	select COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
+	select ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
 	help
 	  Select this option if you want to enable your system kernel to
 	  handle system-calls from ELF binaries for 31 bit ESA.  This option
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index f92602e..846cb5c 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ config COMPAT
 	depends on SPARC64
 	default y
 	select COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
+	select ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
 
 config SYSVIPC_COMPAT
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/compat.h
index bf95f55..4b4b289 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -242,17 +242,6 @@ long compat_sys_fallocate(int fd, int mode,
 long compat_sys_sched_rr_get_interval(compat_pid_t pid,
 				      struct compat_timespec __user *interval);
 
-/* Versions of compat functions that differ from generic Linux. */
-struct compat_msgbuf;
-long tile_compat_sys_msgsnd(int msqid,
-			    struct compat_msgbuf __user *msgp,
-			    size_t msgsz, int msgflg);
-long tile_compat_sys_msgrcv(int msqid,
-			    struct compat_msgbuf __user *msgp,
-			    size_t msgsz, long msgtyp, int msgflg);
-long tile_compat_sys_ptrace(compat_long_t request, compat_long_t pid,
-			    compat_long_t addr, compat_long_t data);
-
 /* Tilera Linux syscalls that don't have "compat" versions. */
 #define compat_sys_flush_cache sys_flush_cache
 
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/compat.c b/arch/tile/kernel/compat.c
index bf5e9d7..d67459b 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/compat.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/compat.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #define __SYSCALL_COMPAT
 
 #include <linux/compat.h>
-#include <linux/msg.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/kdev_t.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
@@ -95,52 +94,10 @@ long compat_sys_sched_rr_get_interval(compat_pid_t pid,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * The usual compat_sys_msgsnd() and _msgrcv() seem to be assuming
- * some different calling convention than our normal 32-bit tile code.
- */
-
-/* Already defined in ipc/compat.c, but we need it here. */
-struct compat_msgbuf {
-	compat_long_t mtype;
-	char mtext[1];
-};
-
-long tile_compat_sys_msgsnd(int msqid,
-			    struct compat_msgbuf __user *msgp,
-			    size_t msgsz, int msgflg)
-{
-	compat_long_t mtype;
-
-	if (get_user(mtype, &msgp->mtype))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	return do_msgsnd(msqid, mtype, msgp->mtext, msgsz, msgflg);
-}
-
-long tile_compat_sys_msgrcv(int msqid,
-			    struct compat_msgbuf __user *msgp,
-			    size_t msgsz, long msgtyp, int msgflg)
-{
-	long err, mtype;
-
-	err =  do_msgrcv(msqid, &mtype, msgp->mtext, msgsz, msgtyp, msgflg);
-	if (err < 0)
-		goto out;
-
-	if (put_user(mtype, &msgp->mtype))
-		err = -EFAULT;
- out:
-	return err;
-}
-
 /* Provide the compat syscall number to call mapping. */
 #undef __SYSCALL
 #define __SYSCALL(nr, call) [nr] = (call),
 
-/* The generic versions of these don't work for Tile. */
-#define compat_sys_msgrcv tile_compat_sys_msgrcv
-#define compat_sys_msgsnd tile_compat_sys_msgsnd
-
 /* See comments in sys.c */
 #define compat_sys_fadvise64_64 sys32_fadvise64_64
 #define compat_sys_readahead sys32_readahead
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index cb9a104..0e1f474 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2131,6 +2131,7 @@ config IA32_AOUT
 config COMPAT
 	def_bool y
 	depends on IA32_EMULATION
+	select ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
 
 config COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT
 	def_bool COMPAT
diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index 66ed067..f295dae 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ struct compat_sysinfo;
 struct compat_sysctl_args;
 struct compat_kexec_segment;
 struct compat_mq_attr;
+struct compat_msgbuf;
 
 extern void compat_exit_robust_list(struct task_struct *curr);
 
@@ -234,13 +235,22 @@ asmlinkage long
 compat_sys_get_robust_list(int pid, compat_uptr_t __user *head_ptr,
 			   compat_size_t __user *len_ptr);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
 long compat_sys_semctl(int first, int second, int third, void __user *uptr);
 long compat_sys_msgsnd(int first, int second, int third, void __user *uptr);
 long compat_sys_msgrcv(int first, int second, int msgtyp, int third,
 		int version, void __user *uptr);
-long compat_sys_msgctl(int first, int second, void __user *uptr);
 long compat_sys_shmat(int first, int second, compat_uptr_t third, int version,
 		void __user *uptr);
+#else
+long compat_sys_semctl(int semid, int semnum, int cmd, int arg);
+long compat_sys_msgsnd(int msqid, struct compat_msgbuf __user *msgp,
+		size_t msgsz, int msgflg);
+long compat_sys_msgrcv(int msqid, struct compat_msgbuf __user *msgp,
+		size_t msgsz, long msgtyp, int msgflg);
+long compat_sys_shmat(int shmid, compat_uptr_t shmaddr, int shmflg);
+#endif
+long compat_sys_msgctl(int first, int second, void __user *uptr);
 long compat_sys_shmctl(int first, int second, void __user *uptr);
 long compat_sys_semtimedop(int semid, struct sembuf __user *tsems,
 		unsigned nsems, const struct compat_timespec __user *timeout);
diff --git a/ipc/compat.c b/ipc/compat.c
index 845a287..a6df704 100644
--- a/ipc/compat.c
+++ b/ipc/compat.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/msg.h>
 #include <linux/shm.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/ptrace.h>
 
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ extern int sem_ctls[];
 
 static inline int compat_ipc_parse_version(int *cmd)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
 	int version = *cmd & IPC_64;
 
 	/* this is tricky: architectures that have support for the old
@@ -128,6 +130,10 @@ static inline int compat_ipc_parse_version(int *cmd)
 	*cmd &= ~IPC_64;
 #endif
 	return version;
+#else
+	/* With the asm-generic APIs, we always use the 64-bit versions. */
+	return IPC_64;
+#endif
 }
 
 static inline int __get_compat_ipc64_perm(struct ipc64_perm *p64,
@@ -232,10 +238,9 @@ static inline int put_compat_semid_ds(struct semid64_ds *s,
 	return err;
 }
 
-long compat_sys_semctl(int first, int second, int third, void __user *uptr)
+static long do_compat_semctl(int first, int second, int third, u32 pad)
 {
 	union semun fourth;
-	u32 pad;
 	int err, err2;
 	struct semid64_ds s64;
 	struct semid64_ds __user *up64;
@@ -243,10 +248,6 @@ long compat_sys_semctl(int first, int second, int third, void __user *uptr)
 
 	memset(&s64, 0, sizeof(s64));
 
-	if (!uptr)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (get_user(pad, (u32 __user *) uptr))
-		return -EFAULT;
 	if ((third & (~IPC_64)) == SETVAL)
 		fourth.val = (int) pad;
 	else
@@ -305,6 +306,18 @@ long compat_sys_semctl(int first, int second, int third, void __user *uptr)
 	return err;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
+long compat_sys_semctl(int first, int second, int third, void __user *uptr)
+{
+	u32 pad;
+
+	if (!uptr)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (get_user(pad, (u32 __user *) uptr))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	return do_compat_semctl(first, second, third, pad);
+}
+
 long compat_sys_msgsnd(int first, int second, int third, void __user *uptr)
 {
 	struct compat_msgbuf __user *up = uptr;
@@ -353,6 +366,37 @@ long compat_sys_msgrcv(int first, int second, int msgtyp, int third,
 out:
 	return err;
 }
+#else
+long compat_sys_semctl(int semid, int semnum, int cmd, int arg)
+{
+	return do_compat_semctl(semid, semnum, cmd, arg);
+}
+
+long compat_sys_msgsnd(int msqid, struct compat_msgbuf __user *msgp,
+		       size_t msgsz, int msgflg)
+{
+	compat_long_t mtype;
+
+	if (get_user(mtype, &msgp->mtype))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	return do_msgsnd(msqid, mtype, msgp->mtext, msgsz, msgflg);
+}
+
+long compat_sys_msgrcv(int msqid, struct compat_msgbuf __user *msgp,
+		       size_t msgsz, long msgtyp, int msgflg)
+{
+	long err, mtype;
+
+	err =  do_msgrcv(msqid, &mtype, msgp->mtext, msgsz, msgtyp, msgflg);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (put_user(mtype, &msgp->mtype))
+		err = -EFAULT;
+ out:
+	return err;
+}
+#endif
 
 static inline int get_compat_msqid64(struct msqid64_ds *m64,
 				     struct compat_msqid64_ds __user *up64)
@@ -470,6 +514,7 @@ long compat_sys_msgctl(int first, int second, void __user *uptr)
 	return err;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
 long compat_sys_shmat(int first, int second, compat_uptr_t third, int version,
 			void __user *uptr)
 {
@@ -485,6 +530,19 @@ long compat_sys_shmat(int first, int second, compat_uptr_t third, int version,
 	uaddr = compat_ptr(third);
 	return put_user(raddr, uaddr);
 }
+#else
+long compat_sys_shmat(int shmid, compat_uptr_t shmaddr, int shmflg)
+{
+	unsigned long ret;
+	long err;
+
+	err = do_shmat(shmid, compat_ptr(shmaddr), shmflg, &ret);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	force_successful_syscall_return();
+	return (long)ret;
+}
+#endif
 
 static inline int get_compat_shmid64_ds(struct shmid64_ds *s64,
 					struct compat_shmid64_ds __user *up64)
