diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c
index bb3f4797d212b..db6cdea471d83 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -226,12 +226,12 @@ const struct user_regset_view *task_user_regset_view(struct task_struct *task)
 
 void user_enable_single_step(struct task_struct *child)
 {
-	child->ptrace |= PT_SINGLESTEP;
+	set_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SINGLESTEP);
 }
 
 void user_disable_single_step(struct task_struct *child)
 {
-	child->ptrace &= ~PT_SINGLESTEP;
+	clear_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SINGLESTEP);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c
index c4d77dbfb61af..f2b00f43cf236 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		/* Set up the stack frame */
 		ret = setup_frame(&ksig, sigmask_to_save(), regs);
 		signal_setup_done(ret, &ksig, 0);
-		if (current->ptrace & PT_SINGLESTEP)
+		if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP))
 			task_pt_regs(current)->icountlevel = 1;
 
 		return;
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ static void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	/* If there's no signal to deliver, we just restore the saved mask.  */
 	restore_saved_sigmask();
 
-	if (current->ptrace & PT_SINGLESTEP)
+	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP))
 		task_pt_regs(current)->icountlevel = 1;
 	return;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/ptrace.h b/include/linux/ptrace.h
index 99610cc363d11..d695c43fd740d 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ extern int ptrace_access_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr,
 #define PT_EXITKILL		(PTRACE_O_EXITKILL << PT_OPT_FLAG_SHIFT)
 #define PT_SUSPEND_SECCOMP	(PTRACE_O_SUSPEND_SECCOMP << PT_OPT_FLAG_SHIFT)
 
-/* single stepping state bits (used on ARM and PA-RISC) */
-#define PT_SINGLESTEP_BIT	31
-#define PT_SINGLESTEP		(1<<PT_SINGLESTEP_BIT)
-#define PT_BLOCKSTEP_BIT	30
-#define PT_BLOCKSTEP		(1<<PT_BLOCKSTEP_BIT)
-
 extern long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
 			unsigned long addr, unsigned long data);
 extern int ptrace_readdata(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long src, char __user *dst, int len);