diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/checksum_64.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/checksum_64.S
index 167f72555d60..609665aede75 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/checksum_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/checksum_64.S
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ _GLOBAL(csum_partial_copy_generic)
 	rldicl. r6,r3,64-1,64-2		/* r6 = (r3 & 0x3) >> 1 */
 	beq	.Lcopy_aligned
 
-	li	r7,4
-	sub	r6,r7,r6
+	li	r9,4
+	sub	r6,r9,r6
 	mtctr	r6
 
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