1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/backoff.h b/include/asm-sparc64/backoff.h
index dadd6c385c6c..fa1fdf67e350 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/backoff.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/backoff.h
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
         mov     reg, tmp; \
 88:     brnz,pt tmp, 88b; \
          sub    tmp, 1, tmp; \
-        cmp     reg, BACKOFF_LIMIT; \
+        set     BACKOFF_LIMIT, tmp; \
+        cmp     reg, tmp; \
         bg,pn   %xcc, label; \
          nop; \
         ba,pt   %xcc, label; \