diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index 2662f02ba6cfe03f76615d5db17ee6a48ffae4b8..d23d7526d37a1693c2070dad0b68f3a5c36119e1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ system_call:			/* label this so stack traces look sane */
 	clrldi	r8,r8,32
 15:
 	slwi	r0,r0,4
-	ldx	r10,r11,r0	/* Fetch system call handler [ptr] */
-	mtctr   r10
+	ldx	r12,r11,r0	/* Fetch system call handler [ptr] */
+	mtctr   r12
 	bctrl			/* Call handler */
 
 syscall_exit:
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index 82841242dc26a783c5ddd9692542fb3d67da9497..97329a19c76bacf771b221027d129ef02e20de48 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -140,16 +140,18 @@ __secondary_hold:
 	tovirt(r26,r26)
 #endif
 	/* All secondary cpus wait here until told to start. */
-100:	ld	r4,__secondary_hold_spinloop-_stext(r26)
-	cmpdi	0,r4,0
+100:	ld	r12,__secondary_hold_spinloop-_stext(r26)
+	cmpdi	0,r12,0
 	beq	100b
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_KEXEC)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E
-	tovirt(r4,r4)
+	tovirt(r12,r12)
 #endif
-	ld	r4,0(r4)		/* deref function descriptor */
-	mtctr	r4
+#if !defined(_CALL_ELF) || _CALL_ELF != 2
+	ld	r12,0(r12)		/* deref function descriptor */
+#endif
+	mtctr	r12
 	mr	r3,r24
 	/*
 	 * it may be the case that other platforms have r4 right to
@@ -267,8 +269,8 @@ generic_secondary_common_init:
 	ld	r23,CPU_SPEC_RESTORE(r23)
 	cmpdi	0,r23,0
 	beq	3f
-	ld	r23,0(r23)
-	mtctr	r23
+	ld	r12,0(r23)
+	mtctr	r12
 	bctrl
 
 3:	LOAD_REG_ADDR(r3, spinning_secondaries) /* Decrement spinning_secondaries */
@@ -468,8 +470,8 @@ __after_prom_start:
 					/* this includes the code being	 */
 					/* executed here.		 */
 	addis	r8,r3,(4f - _stext)@ha	/* Jump to the copy of this code */
-	addi	r8,r8,(4f - _stext)@l	/* that we just made */
-	mtctr	r8
+	addi	r12,r8,(4f - _stext)@l	/* that we just made */
+	mtctr	r12
 	bctr
 
 .balign 8
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
index b39cf4afad4b3a5819e3f51cb3a7a1f61f53a7c7..bda85a193abf611a4134f44e79cbc1186484e016 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
@@ -595,8 +595,12 @@ _GLOBAL(kexec_sequence)
 	stw	r6,kexec_flag-1b(5)
 
 	/* clear out hardware hash page table and tlb */
-	ld	r5,0(r27)		/* deref function descriptor */
-	mtctr	r5
+#if !defined(_CALL_ELF) || _CALL_ELF != 2
+	ld	r12,0(r27)		/* deref function descriptor */
+#else
+	mr	r12,r27
+#endif
+	mtctr	r12
 	bctrl				/* ppc_md.hpte_clear_all(void); */
 
 /*