diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/checksum.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/checksum.h
index 5c585c5c1c3e..3ceacde5eb6e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/checksum.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/checksum.h
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ static __inline__ __sum16 csum_ipv6_magic(const struct in6_addr *saddr,
 					  __u32 len, unsigned short proto,
 					  __wsum sum)
 {
+	__wsum tmp;
+
 	__asm__(
 	"	.set	push		# csum_ipv6_magic\n"
 	"	.set	noreorder	\n"
@@ -270,9 +272,9 @@ static __inline__ __sum16 csum_ipv6_magic(const struct in6_addr *saddr,
 
 	"	addu	%0, $1		# Add final carry\n"
 	"	.set	pop"
-	: "=r" (sum), "=r" (proto)
+	: "=&r" (sum), "=&r" (tmp)
 	: "r" (saddr), "r" (daddr),
-	  "0" (htonl(len)), "1" (htonl(proto)), "r" (sum));
+	  "0" (htonl(len)), "r" (htonl(proto)), "r" (sum));
 
 	return csum_fold(sum);
 }