diff --git a/debuggerd/mips/machine.cpp b/debuggerd/mips/machine.cpp
index ab34182..5c82d4d 100644
--- a/debuggerd/mips/machine.cpp
+++ b/debuggerd/mips/machine.cpp
@@ -32,10 +32,22 @@
 
 #define R(x) (static_cast<unsigned int>(x))
 
+// The MIPS uapi ptrace.h has the wrong definition for pt_regs. PTRACE_GETREGS
+// writes 64-bit quantities even though the public struct uses 32-bit ones.
+struct pt_regs_mips_t {
+  uint64_t regs[32];
+  uint64_t lo;
+  uint64_t hi;
+  uint64_t cp0_epc;
+  uint64_t cp0_badvaddr;
+  uint64_t cp0_status;
+  uint64_t cp0_cause;
+};
+
 // If configured to do so, dump memory around *all* registers
 // for the crashing thread.
 void dump_memory_and_code(log_t* log, pid_t tid, int scope_flags) {
-  pt_regs r;
+  pt_regs_mips_t r;
   if (ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGS, tid, 0, &r)) {
     return;
   }
@@ -78,7 +90,7 @@
 }
 
 void dump_registers(log_t* log, pid_t tid, int scope_flags) {
-  pt_regs r;
+  pt_regs_mips_t r;
   if(ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGS, tid, 0, &r)) {
     _LOG(log, scope_flags, "cannot get registers: %s\n", strerror(errno));
     return;