diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/hw_exception_handler.S b/arch/microblaze/kernel/hw_exception_handler.S
index 781195438ee6..25f6e07d8de8 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/hw_exception_handler.S
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/hw_exception_handler.S
@@ -945,11 +945,20 @@ store3:	sbi	r3, r4, 2;
 store4:	sbi	r3, r4, 3;	/* Delay slot */
 ex_shw_vm:
 	/* Store the lower half-word, byte-by-byte into destination address */
+#ifdef __MICROBLAZEEL__
+	lbui	r3, r5, 0;
+store5:	sbi	r3, r4, 0;
+	lbui	r3, r5, 1;
+	brid	ret_from_exc;
+store6:	sbi	r3, r4, 1;	/* Delay slot */
+#else
 	lbui	r3, r5, 2;
 store5:	sbi	r3, r4, 0;
 	lbui	r3, r5, 3;
 	brid	ret_from_exc;
 store6:	sbi	r3, r4, 1;	/* Delay slot */
+#endif
+
 ex_sw_end_vm:			/* Exception handling of store word, ends. */
 
 /* We have to prevent cases that get/put_user macros get unaligned pointer