diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
index 78c430b7f9d943316c8c538ee8ab164c3f32d995..8528b4c7f9d3e7762359a36e62ddd49716a204fa 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -107,15 +107,6 @@ _ASM_NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(crit_transfer_to_handler)
 #ifdef CONFIG_40x
 	.globl	crit_transfer_to_handler
 crit_transfer_to_handler:
-	lwz	r0,crit_r10@l(0)
-	stw	r0,GPR10(r11)
-	lwz	r0,crit_r11@l(0)
-	stw	r0,GPR11(r11)
-	mfspr	r0,SPRN_SRR0
-	stw	r0,crit_srr0@l(0)
-	mfspr	r0,SPRN_SRR1
-	stw	r0,crit_srr1@l(0)
-
 	/* set the stack limit to the current stack */
 	mfspr	r8,SPRN_SPRG_THREAD
 	lwz	r0,KSP_LIMIT(r8)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
index 9cef423d574b47ae97f1a71d78c5adb8e1dcf207..067ae1302c1ccd29b9a8a09bc0788f5c38974eb5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ _ENTRY(saved_ksp_limit)
 .macro CRITICAL_EXCEPTION_PROLOG
 	stw	r10,crit_r10@l(0)	/* save two registers to work with */
 	stw	r11,crit_r11@l(0)
+	mfspr	r10,SPRN_SRR0
+	mfspr	r11,SPRN_SRR1
+	stw	r10,crit_srr0@l(0)
+	stw	r11,crit_srr1@l(0)
 	mfcr	r10			/* save CR in r10 for now	   */
 	mfspr	r11,SPRN_SRR3		/* check whether user or kernel    */
 	andi.	r11,r11,MSR_PR
@@ -120,6 +124,10 @@ _ENTRY(saved_ksp_limit)
 	stw	r9,GPR9(r11)
 	mflr	r10
 	stw	r10,_LINK(r11)
+	lwz	r10,crit_r10@l(0)
+	lwz	r12,crit_r11@l(0)
+	stw	r10,GPR10(r11)
+	stw	r12,GPR11(r11)
 	mfspr	r12,SPRN_DEAR		/* save DEAR and ESR in the frame  */
 	stw	r12,_DEAR(r11)		/* since they may have had stuff   */
 	mfspr	r9,SPRN_ESR		/* in them at the point where the  */