diff --git a/arch/mips/net/ebpf_jit.c b/arch/mips/net/ebpf_jit.c
index a2405d5f7d1e..561154cbcc40 100644
--- a/arch/mips/net/ebpf_jit.c
+++ b/arch/mips/net/ebpf_jit.c
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ static void emit_const_to_reg(struct jit_ctx *ctx, int dst, u64 value)
 static int emit_bpf_tail_call(struct jit_ctx *ctx, int this_idx)
 {
 	int off, b_off;
+	int tcc_reg;
 
 	ctx->flags |= EBPF_SEEN_TC;
 	/*
@@ -616,14 +617,14 @@ static int emit_bpf_tail_call(struct jit_ctx *ctx, int this_idx)
 	b_off = b_imm(this_idx + 1, ctx);
 	emit_instr(ctx, bne, MIPS_R_AT, MIPS_R_ZERO, b_off);
 	/*
-	 * if (--TCC < 0)
+	 * if (TCC-- < 0)
 	 *     goto out;
 	 */
 	/* Delay slot */
-	emit_instr(ctx, daddiu, MIPS_R_T5,
-		   (ctx->flags & EBPF_TCC_IN_V1) ? MIPS_R_V1 : MIPS_R_S4, -1);
+	tcc_reg = (ctx->flags & EBPF_TCC_IN_V1) ? MIPS_R_V1 : MIPS_R_S4;
+	emit_instr(ctx, daddiu, MIPS_R_T5, tcc_reg, -1);
 	b_off = b_imm(this_idx + 1, ctx);
-	emit_instr(ctx, bltz, MIPS_R_T5, b_off);
+	emit_instr(ctx, bltz, tcc_reg, b_off);
 	/*
 	 * prog = array->ptrs[index];
 	 * if (prog == NULL)