diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index 3d5626ee0a5c91d0adb3a2d2b0ef22c6ee3c2b6f..26947ab852609857e14f55e93103ec1d5811f62e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ ifneq ($(SUBARCH),$(ARCH))
 endif
 
 cflags-y := -ffunction-sections
+cflags-y += $(call cc-option, -mno-check-zero-division)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_32BIT
 ld-emul			= $(32bit-emul)