diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h
index 14752eee3d0c..ed3beadd2cc5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_NESTED(ftr,ftr,943)
 	mtctr	reg;							\
 	bctr
 
-#define BRANCH_LINK_TO_FAR(reg, label)					\
-	__LOAD_FAR_HANDLER(reg, label);					\
-	mtctr	reg;							\
+#define BRANCH_LINK_TO_FAR(label)					\
+	__LOAD_FAR_HANDLER(r12, label);					\
+	mtctr	r12;							\
 	bctrl
 
 /*
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_NESTED(ftr,ftr,943)
 #define BRANCH_TO_COMMON(reg, label)					\
 	b	label
 
-#define BRANCH_LINK_TO_FAR(reg, label)					\
+#define BRANCH_LINK_TO_FAR(label)					\
 	bl	label
 
 #define BRANCH_TO_KVM(reg, label)					\
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
index 857bf7c5b946..6353019966e6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ TRAMP_REAL_BEGIN(hmi_exception_early)
 	EXCEPTION_PROLOG_COMMON_2(PACA_EXGEN)
 	EXCEPTION_PROLOG_COMMON_3(0xe60)
 	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
-	BRANCH_LINK_TO_FAR(r4, hmi_exception_realmode)
+	BRANCH_LINK_TO_FAR(hmi_exception_realmode) /* Function call ABI */
 	/* Windup the stack. */
 	/* Move original HSRR0 and HSRR1 into the respective regs */
 	ld	r9,_MSR(r1)