diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 4203d5f257bcf396f8cdadb4f613d7048b486f59..80a709aa211a73381a3af13cf0fdf96191d2ab80 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -734,7 +734,8 @@ ENDPROC(__secondary_switched)
 
 	.macro	update_early_cpu_boot_status status, tmp1, tmp2
 	mov	\tmp2, #\status
-	str_l	\tmp2, __early_cpu_boot_status, \tmp1
+	adr_l	\tmp1, __early_cpu_boot_status
+	str	\tmp2, [\tmp1]
 	dmb	sy
 	dc	ivac, \tmp1			// Invalidate potentially stale cache line
 	.endm