diff --git a/arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S b/arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S
index 2f1e486..f5ebe79 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S
+++ b/arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S
@@ -205,19 +205,19 @@
 	 * generated by GNU ld. Skip these reserved entries from relocation.
 	 */
 	lw	t3, -4(t0)		# t3 <-- num_got_entries
-	lw	t4, -8(t0)		# t4 <-- _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_
-	add	t4, s1			# t4 now holds relocated _G_O_T_
-	addi	t4, t4, 8		# skipping first two entries
+	lw	t8, -8(t0)		# t8 <-- _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_
+	add	t8, s1			# t8 now holds relocated _G_O_T_
+	addi	t8, t8, 8		# skipping first two entries
 	li	t2, 2
 1:
-	lw	t1, 0(t4)
+	lw	t1, 0(t8)
 	beqz	t1, 2f
 	 add	t1, s1
-	sw	t1, 0(t4)
+	sw	t1, 0(t8)
 2:
 	addi	t2, 1
 	blt	t2, t3, 1b
-	 addi	t4, 4
+	 addi	t8, 4
 
 	/* Update dynamic relocations */
 	lw	t1, -16(t0)		# t1 <-- __rel_dyn_start
@@ -235,11 +235,11 @@
 
 	lw	t3, -8(t1)		# t3 <-- location to fix up in FLASH
 
-	lw	t4, 0(t3)		# t4 <-- original pointer
-	add	t4, s1			# t4 <-- adjusted pointer
+	lw	t8, 0(t3)		# t8 <-- original pointer
+	add	t8, s1			# t8 <-- adjusted pointer
 
 	add	t3, s1			# t3 <-- location to fix up in RAM
-	sw	t4, 0(t3)
+	sw	t8, 0(t3)
 
 2:
 	blt	t1, t2, 1b