diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/syscall.h
index 9fdded6b1089..f1d96d4e8092 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_ARM_SYSCALL_H
 #define _ASM_ARM_SYSCALL_H
 
+#include <linux/audit.h> /* for AUDIT_ARCH_* */
+#include <linux/elf.h> /* for ELF_EM */
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 
@@ -95,4 +97,11 @@ static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 	memcpy(&regs->ARM_r0 + i, args, n * sizeof(args[0]));
 }
 
+static inline int syscall_get_arch(struct task_struct *task,
+				   struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	/* ARM tasks don't change audit architectures on the fly. */
+	return AUDIT_ARCH_ARM;
+}
+
 #endif /* _ASM_ARM_SYSCALL_H */