diff --git a/arch/mips/math-emu/cp1emu.c b/arch/mips/math-emu/cp1emu.c
index a03bf00..47c77e7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/math-emu/cp1emu.c
+++ b/arch/mips/math-emu/cp1emu.c
@@ -171,16 +171,17 @@
  * In the Linux kernel, we support selection of FPR format on the
  * basis of the Status.FR bit.  If an FPU is not present, the FR bit
  * is hardwired to zero, which would imply a 32-bit FPU even for
- * 64-bit CPUs.  For 64-bit kernels with no FPU we use TIF_32BIT_REGS
- * as a proxy for the FR bit so that a 64-bit FPU is emulated.  In any
- * case, for a 32-bit kernel which uses the O32 MIPS ABI, only the
- * even FPRs are used (Status.FR = 0).
+ * 64-bit CPUs so we rather look at TIF_32BIT_REGS.
+ * FPU emu is slow and bulky and optimizing this function offers fairly
+ * sizeable benefits so we try to be clever and make this function return
+ * a constant whenever possible, that is on 64-bit kernels without O32
+ * compatibility enabled and on 32-bit kernels.
  */
 static inline int cop1_64bit(struct pt_regs *xcp)
 {
-	if (cpu_has_fpu)
-		return xcp->cp0_status & ST0_FR;
-#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+#if defined(CONFIG_64BIT) && !defined(CONFIG_MIPS32_O32)
+	return 1;
+#elif defined(CONFIG_64BIT) && defined(CONFIG_MIPS32_O32)
 	return !test_thread_flag(TIF_32BIT_REGS);
 #else
 	return 0;