diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
index 0fc814bbc34b..8796a69c78e0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ ENTRY(secondary_startup)
 	add	r12, r12, r10
 	ret	r12
 1:	bl	__after_proc_init
+	ldr	r7, __secondary_data		@ reload r7
 	ldr	sp, [r7, #12]			@ set up the stack pointer
 	mov	fp, #0
 	b	secondary_start_kernel