diff --git a/arch/nios2/Kconfig b/arch/nios2/Kconfig
index c6645141bb2a88..f9a05957a88373 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/nios2/Kconfig
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ config NIOS2
 	select USB_ARCH_HAS_HCD if USB_SUPPORT
 	select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS
 	select MMU_GATHER_NO_RANGE if MMU
+	select HAVE_COPY_THREAD_TLS
 
 config GENERIC_CSUM
 	def_bool y
diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/entry.S b/arch/nios2/kernel/entry.S
index 3d8d1d0bcb64b2..da8442450e4603 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/entry.S
@@ -389,12 +389,7 @@ ENTRY(ret_from_interrupt)
  */
 ENTRY(sys_clone)
 	SAVE_SWITCH_STACK
-	addi	sp, sp, -4
-	stw	r7, 0(sp)	/* Pass 5th arg thru stack */
-	mov	r7, r6		/* 4th arg is 3rd of clone() */
-	mov	r6, zero	/* 3rd arg always 0 */
-	call	do_fork
-	addi	sp, sp, 4
+	call	nios2_clone
 	RESTORE_SWITCH_STACK
 	ret
 
diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/process.c b/arch/nios2/kernel/process.c
index 509e7855e8dc58..3dde4d6d8fbe79 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/process.c
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ void flush_thread(void)
 {
 }
 
-int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags,
-		unsigned long usp, unsigned long arg, struct task_struct *p)
+int copy_thread_tls(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
+		    unsigned long arg, struct task_struct *p, unsigned long tls)
 {
 	struct pt_regs *childregs = task_pt_regs(p);
 	struct pt_regs *regs;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags,
 
 	/* Initialize tls register. */
 	if (clone_flags & CLONE_SETTLS)
-		childstack->r23 = regs->r8;
+		childstack->r23 = tls;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -259,3 +259,20 @@ int dump_fpu(struct pt_regs *regs, elf_fpregset_t *r)
 {
 	return 0; /* Nios2 has no FPU and thus no FPU registers */
 }
+
+asmlinkage int nios2_clone(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long newsp,
+			   int __user *parent_tidptr, int __user *child_tidptr,
+			   unsigned long tls)
+{
+	struct kernel_clone_args args = {
+		.flags		= (lower_32_bits(clone_flags) & ~CSIGNAL),
+		.pidfd		= parent_tidptr,
+		.child_tid	= child_tidptr,
+		.parent_tid	= parent_tidptr,
+		.exit_signal	= (lower_32_bits(clone_flags) & CSIGNAL),
+		.stack		= newsp,
+		.tls		= tls,
+	};
+
+	return _do_fork(&args);
+}