diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 676f6d31bdc2..13b4292ae429 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fe15f3f1067c56820da44aa92659f2f908fd3caa
+refs/heads/master: 1ecec696c8bb9b4cefb09495d81d081d1c81b578
diff --git a/trunk/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h b/trunk/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
index 2ef95813fce0..eb87200aa4b5 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
+++ b/trunk/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@
  * Beware, it also clobers LR.
  */
 .macro safe_svcmode_maskall reg:req
+#if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ >= 6
 	mrs	\reg , cpsr
 	mov	lr , \reg
 	and	lr , lr , #MODE_MASK
@@ -266,6 +267,13 @@ THUMB(	orr	\reg , \reg , #PSR_T_BIT	)
 	__ERET
 1:	msr	cpsr_c, \reg
 2:
+#else
+/*
+ * workaround for possibly broken pre-v6 hardware
+ * (akita, Sharp Zaurus C-1000, PXA270-based)
+ */
+	setmode	PSR_F_BIT | PSR_I_BIT | SVC_MODE, \reg
+#endif
 .endm
 
 /*