diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 48c525115fe4d8a71d0a8716354f57e0bf19eed6..50a1270da95b4b08f91ddfa58d27ea4e13051cca 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ struct user_arg_ptr {
 	union {
 		const char __user *const __user *native;
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-		compat_uptr_t __user *compat;
+		const compat_uptr_t __user *compat;
 #endif
 	} ptr;
 };
@@ -1600,9 +1600,9 @@ int do_execve(const char *filename,
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-int compat_do_execve(char *filename,
-	compat_uptr_t __user *__argv,
-	compat_uptr_t __user *__envp,
+int compat_do_execve(const char *filename,
+	const compat_uptr_t __user *__argv,
+	const compat_uptr_t __user *__envp,
 	struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct user_arg_ptr argv = {
@@ -2319,6 +2319,36 @@ int dump_seek(struct file *file, loff_t off)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_seek);
 
+#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(execve,
+		const char __user *, filename,
+		const char __user *const __user *, argv,
+		const char __user *const __user *, envp)
+{
+	const char *path = getname(filename);
+	int error = PTR_ERR(path);
+	if (!IS_ERR(path)) {
+		error = do_execve(path, argv, envp, current_pt_regs());
+		putname(path);
+	}
+	return error;
+}
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+asmlinkage long compat_sys_execve(const char __user * filename,
+	const compat_uptr_t __user * argv,
+	const compat_uptr_t __user * envp)
+{
+	const char *path = getname(filename);
+	int error = PTR_ERR(path);
+	if (!IS_ERR(path)) {
+		error = compat_do_execve(path, argv, envp, current_pt_regs());
+		putname(path);
+	}
+	return error;
+}
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_KERNEL_EXECVE
 int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
 		  const char *const argv[],
diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index 09b28b7369d77e1ebedfe9a03017860df4d09fc3..c4be3f55511d65b2bda2dd9021bd3725c56eecc0 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -289,8 +289,12 @@ asmlinkage ssize_t compat_sys_pwritev(unsigned long fd,
 		const struct compat_iovec __user *vec,
 		unsigned long vlen, u32 pos_low, u32 pos_high);
 
-int compat_do_execve(char *filename, compat_uptr_t __user *argv,
-		     compat_uptr_t __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs);
+int compat_do_execve(const char *filename, const compat_uptr_t __user *argv,
+		     const compat_uptr_t __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs);
+#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
+asmlinkage long compat_sys_execve(const char __user *filename, const compat_uptr_t __user *argv,
+		     const compat_uptr_t __user *envp);
+#endif
 
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_select(int n, compat_ulong_t __user *inp,
 		compat_ulong_t __user *outp, compat_ulong_t __user *exp,