diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/entry-compact.S b/arch/arc/kernel/entry-compact.S
index 98812c1248dfaf85b28ed023287ae78f27286073..9211707634dcf57e1aa0ac13fa4a6bbc79b99eeb 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/entry-compact.S
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/entry-compact.S
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ ENTRY(EV_TLBProtV)
 
 	EXCEPTION_PROLOGUE
 
-	lr  r2, [ecr]
+	mov r2, r9	; ECR set into r9 already
 	lr  r0, [efa]	; Faulting Data address (not part of pt_regs saved above)
 
 	; Exception auto-disables further Intr/exceptions.