diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
index 0cb5f34..02fdfc7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
@@ -197,10 +197,10 @@
 	ldr	r0, [r2]		/* r0 <- location to fix up, IN FLASH! */
 	add	r0, r0, r9		/* r0 <- location to fix up in RAM */
 	ldr	r1, [r2, #4]
-	and	r8, r1, #0xff
-	cmp	r8, #23			/* relative fixup? */
+	and	r7, r1, #0xff
+	cmp	r7, #23			/* relative fixup? */
 	beq	fixrel
-	cmp	r8, #2			/* absolute fixup? */
+	cmp	r7, #2			/* absolute fixup? */
 	beq	fixabs
 	/* ignore unknown type of fixup */
 	b	fixnext