diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/irq.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/irq.h
index 77edb22f855d..5433ccc9d706 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/irq.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/irq.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <irq.h>
 
 #define IRQ_STACK_SIZE			THREAD_SIZE
-#define IRQ_STACK_START			(IRQ_STACK_SIZE - sizeof(unsigned long))
+#define IRQ_STACK_START			(IRQ_STACK_SIZE - 16)
 
 extern void *irq_stack[NR_CPUS];