diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
index 3b81151..cf40ce1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
 #endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_PRELOADER */
 	sub	sp, r0, #12		/* leave 3 words for abort-stack    */
-	bic	sp, r0, #7		/* 8-byte align stack for ABI compliance */
+	bic	sp, sp, #7		/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 
 clear_bss:
 	ldr	r0, _bss_start		/* find start of bss segment        */