diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
index c5c24be..727f40a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ _GLOBAL(start_secondary_resume)
 	rlwinm  r1,r1,0,0,(31-THREAD_SHIFT)     /* current_thread_info() */
 	addi    r1,r1,THREAD_SIZE-STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
 	li      r3,0
-	std     r3,0(r1)                /* Zero the stack frame pointer */
+	stw     r3,0(r1)                /* Zero the stack frame pointer */
 	bl      start_secondary
 	b       .
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */