diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-memcpy.S b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-memcpy.S
index 0a515cde1c18..25860fba6218 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-memcpy.S
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-memcpy.S
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 #define EXC(inst_reg,addr,handler)		\
 9:	inst_reg, addr;				\
 	.section __ex_table,"a";		\
-	PTR	9b, handler;			\
+	PTR_WD	9b, handler;			\
 	.previous
 
 /*