diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/relocate_kernel.S b/arch/mips/kernel/relocate_kernel.S
index 74bab9ddd0e1..c6bbf2165051 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/relocate_kernel.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/relocate_kernel.S
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ LEAF(relocate_new_kernel)
 
 process_entry:
 	PTR_L		s2, (s0)
-	PTR_ADD		s0, s0, SZREG
+	PTR_ADDIU	s0, s0, SZREG
 
 	/*
 	 * In case of a kdump/crash kernel, the indirection page is not
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ copy_word:
 	/* copy page word by word */
 	REG_L		s5, (s2)
 	REG_S		s5, (s4)
-	PTR_ADD		s4, s4, SZREG
-	PTR_ADD		s2, s2, SZREG
-	LONG_SUB	s6, s6, 1
+	PTR_ADDIU	s4, s4, SZREG
+	PTR_ADDIU	s2, s2, SZREG
+	LONG_ADDIU	s6, s6, -1
 	beq		s6, zero, process_entry
 	b		copy_word
 	b		process_entry