diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
index 7cf1c29bf90e..f82e1a94fcb7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
@@ -420,6 +420,8 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm, struct pt_regs * regs)
 	(regs)->eflags = 0x200;
 	(regs)->cs = __USER32_CS;
 	(regs)->ss = __USER32_DS;
+	regs->r8 = regs->r9 = regs->r10 = regs->r11 =
+	regs->r12 = regs->r13 = regs->r14 = regs->r15 = 0;
 	set_fs(USER_DS);
 	if (unlikely(current->ptrace & PT_PTRACED)) {
 		if (current->ptrace & PT_TRACE_EXEC)