diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
index dd546d65a383..7a9b86978ee1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ M_CLASS(streq	r3, [r12, #PMSAv8_MAIR1])
 	bic	r0, r0, #CR_I
 #endif
 	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c1, c0, 0		@ write control reg
-	isb
+	instr_sync
 #elif defined (CONFIG_CPU_V7M)
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_MPU
 	ldreq	r3, [r12, MPU_CTRL]