diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
index d2b177905cdb..76cbb055dd05 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
 		  "Ir" (THREAD_START_SP - sizeof(regs)),
 		  "r" (&regs),
 		  "Ir" (sizeof(regs))
-		: "r0", "r1", "r2", "r3", "ip", "lr", "memory");
+		: "r0", "r1", "r2", "r3", "r8", "r9", "ip", "lr", "memory");
 
  out:
 	return ret;