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diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index cd4343edeb11..5ffdd67093bc 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -136,6 +136,25 @@ cflags-$(CONFIG_SB1XXX_CORELIS) += $(call cc-option,-mno-sched-prolog) \
#
cflags-y += -fno-stack-check
+# binutils from v2.35 when built with --enable-mips-fix-loongson3-llsc=yes,
+# supports an -mfix-loongson3-llsc flag which emits a sync prior to each ll
+# instruction to work around a CPU bug (see __SYNC_loongson3_war in asm/sync.h
+# for a description).
+#
+# We disable this in order to prevent the assembler meddling with the
+# instruction that labels refer to, ie. if we label an ll instruction:
+#
+# 1: ll v0, 0(a0)
+#
+# ...then with the assembler fix applied the label may actually point at a sync
+# instruction inserted by the assembler, and if we were using the label in an
+# exception table the table would no longer contain the address of the ll
+# instruction.
+#
+# Avoid this by explicitly disabling that assembler behaviour.
+#
+cflags-y += $(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-mno-fix-loongson3-llsc,)
+
#
# CPU-dependent compiler/assembler options for optimization.
#