diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 330a631331..619111f582 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2016-11-18  Matthew Fortune  <Matthew.Fortune@imgtec.com>
+	    Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/mips/mips32/crti.S (_init): Add `.insn' pseudo-op at
+	`.Lno_weak_fn' label.
+	* sysdeps/mips/mips64/n32/crti.S (_init): Likewise.
+	* sysdeps/mips/mips64/n64/crti.S (_init): Likewise.
+
 2016-11-17  Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
 	    Yury Norov  <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com>
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/mips/mips32/crti.S b/sysdeps/mips/mips32/crti.S
index 5c0ad7328a..dfbbdc4f8f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mips/mips32/crti.S
+++ b/sysdeps/mips/mips32/crti.S
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ _init:
 	.reloc 1f,R_MIPS_JALR,PREINIT_FUNCTION
 1:	jalr $25
 .Lno_weak_fn:
+	.insn
 #else
 	lw $25,%got(PREINIT_FUNCTION)($28)
 	.reloc 1f,R_MIPS_JALR,PREINIT_FUNCTION
diff --git a/sysdeps/mips/mips64/n32/crti.S b/sysdeps/mips/mips64/n32/crti.S
index 00b89f3894..afe6d8edaa 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mips/mips64/n32/crti.S
+++ b/sysdeps/mips/mips64/n32/crti.S
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ _init:
 	.reloc 1f,R_MIPS_JALR,PREINIT_FUNCTION
 1:	jalr $25
 .Lno_weak_fn:
+	.insn
 #else
 	lw $25,%got_disp(PREINIT_FUNCTION)($28)
 	.reloc 1f,R_MIPS_JALR,PREINIT_FUNCTION
diff --git a/sysdeps/mips/mips64/n64/crti.S b/sysdeps/mips/mips64/n64/crti.S
index f59b20c631..4049d29290 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mips/mips64/n64/crti.S
+++ b/sysdeps/mips/mips64/n64/crti.S
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ _init:
 	.reloc 1f,R_MIPS_JALR,PREINIT_FUNCTION
 1:	jalr $25
 .Lno_weak_fn:
+	.insn
 #else
 	ld $25,%got_disp(PREINIT_FUNCTION)($28)
 	.reloc 1f,R_MIPS_JALR,PREINIT_FUNCTION