diff --git a/arch/mips/lib/uncached.c b/arch/mips/lib/uncached.c
index 09d5deea747f..f80a67c092b6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lib/uncached.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lib/uncached.c
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@
  */
 unsigned long run_uncached(void *func)
 {
-	register long sp __asm__("$sp");
 	register long ret __asm__("$2");
 	long lfunc = (long)func, ufunc;
 	long usp;
+	long sp;
+
+	__asm__("move %0, $sp" : "=r" (sp));
 
 	if (sp >= (long)CKSEG0 && sp < (long)CKSEG2)
 		usp = CKSEG1ADDR(sp);