1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/orion_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/orion_nand.c
index f59c07427af3..d60fc5719fef 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/orion_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/orion_nand.c
@@ -60,7 +60,13 @@ static void orion_nand_read_buf(struct mtd_info *mtd, uint8_t *buf, int len)
         }
         buf64 = (uint64_t *)buf;
         while (i < len/8) {
-                uint64_t x;
+                /*
+                 * Since GCC has no proper constraint (PR 43518)
+                 * force x variable to r2/r3 registers as ldrd instruction
+                 * requires first register to be even.
+                 */
+                register uint64_t x asm ("r2");
+
                 asm volatile ("ldrd\t%0, [%1]" : "=&r" (x) : "r" (io_base));
                 buf64[i++] = x;
         }