diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 21ca2b8d1ef5..1036e49337e8 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6d1bdd2afbed74b3adcf3a7aec49e430eeb6c5f3
+refs/heads/master: 637a99022fb119b90fb281715d13172f0394fc12
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/lib/string.S b/trunk/arch/powerpc/lib/string.S
index 64e2e499e32a..3ac0cd3a5373 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/lib/string.S
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/lib/string.S
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ _GLOBAL(strcmp)
 
 _GLOBAL(strncmp)
 	PPC_LCMPI r5,0
-	beqlr
+	ble-	2f
 	mtctr	r5
 	addi	r5,r3,-1
 	addi	r4,r4,-1
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ _GLOBAL(strncmp)
 	beqlr	1
 	bdnzt	eq,1b
 	blr
+2:	li	r3,0
+	blr
 
 _GLOBAL(strlen)
 	addi	r4,r3,-1