diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
index b9e9bf6288497b0b3a520860e6504cc9928e7824..3775a8d694fb0879ba0abed7b2edc34a06a52a28 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
@@ -721,6 +721,10 @@ int mips_set_process_fp_mode(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int value)
 	if (value & ~known_bits)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+	/* Setting FRE without FR is not supported.  */
+	if ((value & (PR_FP_MODE_FR | PR_FP_MODE_FRE)) == PR_FP_MODE_FRE)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	/* Avoid inadvertently triggering emulation */
 	if ((value & PR_FP_MODE_FR) && raw_cpu_has_fpu &&
 	    !(raw_current_cpu_data.fpu_id & MIPS_FPIR_F64))