diff --git a/lib/mips/relocator.c b/lib/mips/relocator.c
index b0fb4b2a5..4a67418c4 100644
--- a/lib/mips/relocator.c
+++ b/lib/mips/relocator.c
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ write_call_relocator_bw (void *ptr0, void *src, grub_uint32_t dest,
 {
   void *ptr = ptr0;
   int i;
-  write_reg (2, (grub_uint32_t) src, &ptr);
-  write_reg (3, dest, &ptr);
-  write_reg (4, size, &ptr);
+  write_reg (8, (grub_uint32_t) src, &ptr);
+  write_reg (9, dest, &ptr);
+  write_reg (10, size, &ptr);
   grub_memcpy (ptr, &grub_relocator32_backward_start,
 	       RELOCATOR_SRC_SIZEOF (backward));
   ptr = (grub_uint8_t *) ptr + RELOCATOR_SRC_SIZEOF (backward);
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ write_call_relocator_fw (void *ptr0, void *src, grub_uint32_t dest,
 {
   void *ptr = ptr0;
   int i;
-  write_reg (2, (grub_uint32_t) src, &ptr);
-  write_reg (3, dest, &ptr);
-  write_reg (4, size, &ptr);
+  write_reg (8, (grub_uint32_t) src, &ptr);
+  write_reg (9, dest, &ptr);
+  write_reg (10, size, &ptr);
   grub_memcpy (ptr, &grub_relocator32_forward_start,
 	       RELOCATOR_SRC_SIZEOF (forward));
   ptr = (grub_uint8_t *) ptr + RELOCATOR_SRC_SIZEOF (forward);
diff --git a/lib/mips/relocator_asm.S b/lib/mips/relocator_asm.S
index 5503b4032..6f6108edc 100644
--- a/lib/mips/relocator_asm.S
+++ b/lib/mips/relocator_asm.S
@@ -28,32 +28,32 @@
 
 VARIABLE (grub_relocator32_forward_start)
 copycont1:	
-	lb $5,0($2)
-	sb $5,0($3)
-	addiu $2, $2, 0x1
-	addiu $3, $3, 0x1
-	addiu $4, $4, 0xffff
-	subu $5,$4,$0
-	bne $5, $0, copycont1
+	lb $11,0($8)
+	sb $11,0($9)
+	addiu $8, $8, 0x1
+	addiu $9, $9, 0x1
+	addiu $10, $10, 0xffff
+	subu $11,$10,$0
+	bne $11, $0, copycont1
 #if __mips >= 2
 	sync
 #endif
 VARIABLE (grub_relocator32_forward_end)
 
 VARIABLE (grub_relocator32_backward_start)
-	addu $3, $3, $4
-	addu $2, $2, $4
+	addu $9, $9, $10
+	addu $8, $8, $10
 	/* Backward movsl is implicitly off-by-one.  compensate that.  */
-	addiu $3, $3, 0xffff
-	addiu $2, $2, 0xffff
+	addiu $9, $9, 0xffff
+	addiu $8, $8, 0xffff
 copycont2:	
-	lb $5,0($2)
-	sb $5,0($3)
-	addiu $2, $2, 0xffff
-	addiu $3, $3, 0xffff
-	addiu $4, 0xffff
-	subu $5,$4,$0
-	bne $5, $0, copycont2
+	lb $11,0($8)
+	sb $11,0($9)
+	addiu $8, $8, 0xffff
+	addiu $9, $9, 0xffff
+	addiu $10, 0xffff
+	subu $11,$10,$0
+	bne $11, $0, copycont2
 #if __mips >= 2
 	sync
 #endif