2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/avr32/boot/u-boot/head.S b/arch/avr32/boot/u-boot/head.S
index d36d865308df..2ffc298f061b 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/boot/u-boot/head.S
+++ b/arch/avr32/boot/u-boot/head.S
@@ -73,8 +73,11 @@ init_sr:
         .long   0x007f0000      /* Supervisor mode, everything masked */
 stack_addr:
         .long   init_thread_union
+panic_addr:
+        .long   panic
 
 no_tag_table:
         sub     r12, pc, (. - 2f)
-        bral    panic
+        /* branch to panic() which can be far away with that construct */
+        lddpc   pc, panic_addr
 2:      .asciz  "Boot loader didn't provide correct magic number\n"
diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/entry-avr32b.S b/arch/avr32/kernel/entry-avr32b.S
index 9899d3cc6f03..7301f4806bbe 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/entry-avr32b.S
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/entry-avr32b.S
@@ -401,9 +401,10 @@ handle_critical:
         /* We should never get here... */
 bad_return:
         sub     r12, pc, (. - 1f)
-        bral    panic
+        lddpc   pc, 2f
         .align  2
 1:      .asciz  "Return from critical exception!"
+2:      .long   panic
 
         .align  1
 do_bus_error_write: