diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cps-vec.S b/arch/mips/kernel/cps-vec.S
index b242ae3eb466..2164dc4deace 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cps-vec.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cps-vec.S
@@ -67,11 +67,9 @@
 
 LEAF(mips_cps_core_entry)
 	/*
-	 * These first 12 bytes will be patched by cps_smp_setup to load the
-	 * base address of the CM GCRs into register v1 and the CCA to use into
-	 * register s0.
+	 * These first 4 bytes will be patched by cps_smp_setup to load the
+	 * CCA to use into register s0.
 	 */
-	.quad	0
 	.word	0
 
 	/* Check whether we're here due to an NMI */
@@ -171,6 +169,12 @@ dcache_done:
 	mtc0	t0, CP0_CONFIG
 	ehb
 
+	/* Calculate an uncached address for the CM GCRs */
+	MFC0	v1, CP0_CMGCRBASE
+	PTR_SLL	v1, v1, 4
+	PTR_LI	t0, UNCAC_BASE
+	PTR_ADDU v1, v1, t0
+
 	/* Enter the coherent domain */
 	li	t0, 0xff
 	sw	t0, GCR_CL_COHERENCE_OFS(v1)
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp-cps.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp-cps.c
index c88937745b4e..8b967507e852 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp-cps.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp-cps.c
@@ -133,11 +133,9 @@ static void __init cps_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 	/*
 	 * Patch the start of mips_cps_core_entry to provide:
 	 *
-	 * v1 = CM base address
 	 * s0 = kseg0 CCA
 	 */
 	entry_code = (u32 *)&mips_cps_core_entry;
-	UASM_i_LA(&entry_code, 3, (long)mips_cm_base);
 	uasm_i_addiu(&entry_code, 16, 0, cca);
 	blast_dcache_range((unsigned long)&mips_cps_core_entry,
 			   (unsigned long)entry_code);