diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/head.S
index 070b2fbabae4..5795d0af1e1b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 	PTR_LA	a0, _edata
 	PTR_LA	a2, _end
 1:	sw	zero, 0(a0)
+	addiu	a0, a0, 4
 	bne	a2, a0, 1b
-	 addiu	a0, a0, 4
 
 	PTR_LA	a0, (.heap)	     /* heap address */
 	PTR_LA	sp, (.stack + 8192)  /* stack address */