diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/asmmacro.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/asmmacro.h
index 0cae4595e985..782dde7fed57 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/asmmacro.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/asmmacro.h
@@ -326,8 +326,7 @@
 	SET_HARDFLOAT
 	.insn
 	.word	COPY_UW_MSA_INSN | (\n << 16) | (\ws << 11)
-	/* move triggers an assembler bug... */
-	or	\rd, $1, zero
+	move	\rd, $1
 	.set	pop
 	.endm
 
@@ -337,8 +336,7 @@
 	SET_HARDFLOAT
 	.insn
 	.word	COPY_UD_MSA_INSN | (\n << 16) | (\ws << 11)
-	/* move triggers an assembler bug... */
-	or	\rd, $1, zero
+	move	\rd, $1
 	.set	pop
 	.endm
 
@@ -346,8 +344,7 @@
 	.set	push
 	.set	noat
 	SET_HARDFLOAT
-	/* move triggers an assembler bug... */
-	or	$1, \rs, zero
+	move	$1, \rs
 	.word	INSERT_W_MSA_INSN | (\n << 16) | (\wd << 6)
 	.set	pop
 	.endm
@@ -356,8 +353,7 @@
 	.set	push
 	.set	noat
 	SET_HARDFLOAT
-	/* move triggers an assembler bug... */
-	or	$1, \rs, zero
+	move	$1, \rs
 	.word	INSERT_D_MSA_INSN | (\n << 16) | (\wd << 6)
 	.set	pop
 	.endm
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/r4k_fpu.S b/arch/mips/kernel/r4k_fpu.S
index 676c5030a953..1d88af26ba82 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/r4k_fpu.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/r4k_fpu.S
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 	.endm
 
 	.set	noreorder
-	.set	MIPS_ISA_ARCH_LEVEL_RAW
 
 LEAF(_save_fp_context)
 	.set	push
@@ -103,6 +102,7 @@ LEAF(_save_fp_context)
 	/* Save 32-bit process floating point context */
 LEAF(_save_fp_context32)
 	.set push
+	.set MIPS_ISA_ARCH_LEVEL_RAW
 	SET_HARDFLOAT
 	cfc1	t1, fcr31