diff --git a/linux-user/elfload.c b/linux-user/elfload.c
index 61063fd974e5..8c0765dd4b12 100644
--- a/linux-user/elfload.c
+++ b/linux-user/elfload.c
@@ -1516,8 +1516,8 @@ static inline void init_thread(struct target_pt_regs *regs,
     regs->iaoq[0] = infop->entry;
     regs->iaoq[1] = infop->entry + 4;
     regs->gr[23] = 0;
-    regs->gr[24] = infop->arg_start;
-    regs->gr[25] = (infop->arg_end - infop->arg_start) / sizeof(abi_ulong);
+    regs->gr[24] = infop->argv;
+    regs->gr[25] = infop->argc;
     /* The top-of-stack contains a linkage buffer.  */
     regs->gr[30] = infop->start_stack + 64;
     regs->gr[31] = infop->entry;
@@ -2120,8 +2120,10 @@ static abi_ulong create_elf_tables(abi_ulong p, int argc, int envc,
     u_envp = u_argv + (argc + 1) * n;
     u_auxv = u_envp + (envc + 1) * n;
     info->saved_auxv = u_auxv;
-    info->arg_start = u_argv;
-    info->arg_end = u_argv + argc * n;
+    info->argc = argc;
+    info->envc = envc;
+    info->argv = u_argv;
+    info->envp = u_envp;
 
     /* This is correct because Linux defines
      * elf_addr_t as Elf32_Off / Elf64_Off
diff --git a/linux-user/linuxload.c b/linux-user/linuxload.c
index 2ed5fc45ed8c..745cce70abfa 100644
--- a/linux-user/linuxload.c
+++ b/linux-user/linuxload.c
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ abi_ulong loader_build_argptr(int envc, int argc, abi_ulong sp,
     envp = sp;
     sp -= (argc + 1) * n;
     argv = sp;
+    ts->info->envp = envp;
+    ts->info->envc = envc;
+    ts->info->argv = argv;
+    ts->info->argc = argc;
+
     if (push_ptr) {
         /* FIXME - handle put_user() failures */
         sp -= n;
@@ -99,19 +104,22 @@ abi_ulong loader_build_argptr(int envc, int argc, abi_ulong sp,
         sp -= n;
         put_user_ual(argv, sp);
     }
+
     sp -= n;
     /* FIXME - handle put_user() failures */
     put_user_ual(argc, sp);
-    ts->info->arg_start = stringp;
+
+    ts->info->arg_strings = stringp;
     while (argc-- > 0) {
         /* FIXME - handle put_user() failures */
         put_user_ual(stringp, argv);
         argv += n;
         stringp += target_strlen(stringp) + 1;
     }
-    ts->info->arg_end = stringp;
     /* FIXME - handle put_user() failures */
     put_user_ual(0, argv);
+
+    ts->info->env_strings = stringp;
     while (envc-- > 0) {
         /* FIXME - handle put_user() failures */
         put_user_ual(stringp, envp);
diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index 7ca48664e447..651e32f5f248 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -878,9 +878,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
             fprintf(f, "entry       0x" TARGET_ABI_FMT_lx "\n",
                     info->entry);
             fprintf(f, "argv_start  0x" TARGET_ABI_FMT_lx "\n",
-                    info->arg_start);
+                    info->argv);
             fprintf(f, "env_start   0x" TARGET_ABI_FMT_lx "\n",
-                    info->arg_end + (abi_ulong)sizeof(abi_ulong));
+                    info->envp);
             fprintf(f, "auxv_start  0x" TARGET_ABI_FMT_lx "\n",
                     info->saved_auxv);
             qemu_log_unlock(f);
diff --git a/linux-user/qemu.h b/linux-user/qemu.h
index 46550f5e2178..7d90de1b1549 100644
--- a/linux-user/qemu.h
+++ b/linux-user/qemu.h
@@ -40,15 +40,19 @@ struct image_info {
         abi_ulong       data_offset;
         abi_ulong       saved_auxv;
         abi_ulong       auxv_len;
-        abi_ulong       arg_start;
-        abi_ulong       arg_end;
-        abi_ulong       arg_strings;
-        abi_ulong       env_strings;
+        abi_ulong       argc;
+        abi_ulong       argv;
+        abi_ulong       envc;
+        abi_ulong       envp;
         abi_ulong       file_string;
         uint32_t        elf_flags;
         int             personality;
         abi_ulong       alignment;
 
+        /* Generic semihosting knows about these pointers. */
+        abi_ulong       arg_strings;   /* strings for argv */
+        abi_ulong       env_strings;   /* strings for envp; ends arg_strings */
+
         /* The fields below are used in FDPIC mode.  */
         abi_ulong       loadmap_addr;
         uint16_t        nsegs;
diff --git a/semihosting/arm-compat-semi.c b/semihosting/arm-compat-semi.c
index 7a51fd0737d1..b6ddaf863ade 100644
--- a/semihosting/arm-compat-semi.c
+++ b/semihosting/arm-compat-semi.c
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ target_ulong do_common_semihosting(CPUState *cs)
 #else
             unsigned int i;
 
-            output_size = ts->info->arg_end - ts->info->arg_start;
+            output_size = ts->info->env_strings - ts->info->arg_strings;
             if (!output_size) {
                 /*
                  * We special-case the "empty command line" case (argc==0).
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ target_ulong do_common_semihosting(CPUState *cs)
                 goto out;
             }
 
-            if (copy_from_user(output_buffer, ts->info->arg_start,
+            if (copy_from_user(output_buffer, ts->info->arg_strings,
                                output_size)) {
                 errno = EFAULT;
                 status = set_swi_errno(cs, -1);
