diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index 1a6bac7b076f..25f3bfef9b39 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -256,12 +256,23 @@ ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
   endif
 endif
 
+# When linking a 32-bit executable the LLVM linker cannot cope with a
+# 32-bit load address that has been sign-extended to 64 bits.  Simply
+# remove the upper 32 bits then, as it is safe to do so with other
+# linkers.
+ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+	load-ld			= $(load-y)
+else
+	load-ld			= $(subst 0xffffffff,0x,$(load-y))
+endif
+
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(cflags-y)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(cflags-y)
-KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -DVMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS=$(load-y)
+KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -DVMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS=$(load-y) -DLINKER_LOAD_ADDRESS=$(load-ld)
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -DDATAOFFSET=$(if $(dataoffset-y),$(dataoffset-y),0)
 
 bootvars-y	= VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS=$(load-y) \
+		  LINKER_LOAD_ADDRESS=$(load-ld) \
 		  VMLINUX_ENTRY_ADDRESS=$(entry-y) \
 		  PLATFORM="$(platform-y)"
 ifdef CONFIG_32BIT
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 2f77e250b91d..0fa91c981658 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ ifneq ($(zload-y),)
 VMLINUZ_LOAD_ADDRESS := $(zload-y)
 else
 VMLINUZ_LOAD_ADDRESS = $(shell $(obj)/calc_vmlinuz_load_addr \
-		$(obj)/vmlinux.bin $(VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS))
+		$(obj)/vmlinux.bin $(LINKER_LOAD_ADDRESS))
 endif
 
 vmlinuzobjs-y += $(obj)/piggy.o
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 2d965d91fee4..612b2b301280 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	/* . = 0xa800000000300000; */
 	. = 0xffffffff80300000;
 #endif
-	. = VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS;
+	. = LINKER_LOAD_ADDRESS;
 	/* read-only */
 	_text = .;	/* Text and read-only data */
 	.text : {