diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index 3564c49c683e1b870da4b7aa455e7155058526d5..e708abe576d3eb67f198e64dd6399967171be810 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -674,9 +674,9 @@ _GLOBAL(enable_64b_mode)
 _GLOBAL(relative_toc)
 	mflr	r0
 	bcl	20,31,$+4
-0:	mflr	r9
-	ld	r2,(p_toc - 0b)(r9)
-	add	r2,r2,r9
+0:	mflr	r11
+	ld	r2,(p_toc - 0b)(r11)
+	add	r2,r2,r11
 	mtlr	r0
 	blr