diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 55ed6602204c..2f0dba36e0a8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define init_stack		(init_thread_union.stack)
 
 /* How to get the thread information struct from C.  */
+register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info __asm__("$28");
+
 static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 {
-	register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info __asm__("$28");
-
 	return __current_thread_info;
 }