diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
index 2d596881b70e..0d073b9fd52c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
@@ -733,6 +733,7 @@ _GLOBAL(mmu_pin_tlb)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PIN_TLB_DATA
 	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r6, PAGE_OFFSET)
 	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r7, MI_SVALID | MI_PS8MEG | _PMD_ACCESSED)
+	li	r8, 0
 #ifdef CONFIG_PIN_TLB_IMMR
 	li	r0, 3
 #else
@@ -741,26 +742,26 @@ _GLOBAL(mmu_pin_tlb)
 	mtctr	r0
 	cmpwi	r4, 0
 	beq	4f
-	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r8, 0xf0 | _PAGE_RO | _PAGE_SPS | _PAGE_SH | _PAGE_PRESENT)
 	LOAD_REG_ADDR(r9, _sinittext)
 
 2:	ori	r0, r6, MD_EVALID
+	ori	r12, r8, 0xf0 | _PAGE_RO | _PAGE_SPS | _PAGE_SH | _PAGE_PRESENT
 	mtspr	SPRN_MD_CTR, r5
 	mtspr	SPRN_MD_EPN, r0
 	mtspr	SPRN_MD_TWC, r7
-	mtspr	SPRN_MD_RPN, r8
+	mtspr	SPRN_MD_RPN, r12
 	addi	r5, r5, 0x100
 	addis	r6, r6, SZ_8M@h
 	addis	r8, r8, SZ_8M@h
 	cmplw	r6, r9
 	bdnzt	lt, 2b
-
-4:	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r8, 0xf0 | _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_SPS | _PAGE_SH | _PAGE_PRESENT)
+4:
 2:	ori	r0, r6, MD_EVALID
+	ori	r12, r8, 0xf0 | _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_SPS | _PAGE_SH | _PAGE_PRESENT
 	mtspr	SPRN_MD_CTR, r5
 	mtspr	SPRN_MD_EPN, r0
 	mtspr	SPRN_MD_TWC, r7
-	mtspr	SPRN_MD_RPN, r8
+	mtspr	SPRN_MD_RPN, r12
 	addi	r5, r5, 0x100
 	addis	r6, r6, SZ_8M@h
 	addis	r8, r8, SZ_8M@h
@@ -781,7 +782,7 @@ _GLOBAL(mmu_pin_tlb)
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_PIN_TLB_IMMR) || defined(CONFIG_PIN_TLB_DATA)
 	lis	r0, (MD_RSV4I | MD_TWAM)@h
-	mtspr	SPRN_MI_CTR, r0
+	mtspr	SPRN_MD_CTR, r0
 #endif
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1, r10
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0, r11