diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
index 12b70c25906a..0da44d422f5b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
@@ -1166,7 +1166,10 @@ do {									\
 	unsigned int __dspctl;						\
 									\
 	__asm__ __volatile__(						\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
 	"	rddsp	%0, %x1					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n"	\
 	: "=r" (__dspctl)						\
 	: "i" (mask));							\
 	__dspctl;							\
@@ -1175,30 +1178,198 @@ do {									\
 #define wrdsp(val, mask)						\
 do {									\
 	__asm__ __volatile__(						\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
 	"	wrdsp	%0, %x1					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n"	\
 	:								\
 	: "r" (val), "i" (mask));					\
 } while (0)
 
-#define mflo0() ({ long mflo0; __asm__("mflo %0, $ac0" : "=r" (mflo0)); mflo0;})
-#define mflo1() ({ long mflo1; __asm__("mflo %0, $ac1" : "=r" (mflo1)); mflo1;})
-#define mflo2() ({ long mflo2; __asm__("mflo %0, $ac2" : "=r" (mflo2)); mflo2;})
-#define mflo3() ({ long mflo3; __asm__("mflo %0, $ac3" : "=r" (mflo3)); mflo3;})
+#define mflo0()								\
+({									\
+	long mflo0;							\
+	__asm__(							\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
+	"	mflo %0, $ac0					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n" 	\
+	: "=r" (mflo0)); 						\
+	mflo0;								\
+})
 
-#define mfhi0() ({ long mfhi0; __asm__("mfhi %0, $ac0" : "=r" (mfhi0)); mfhi0;})
-#define mfhi1() ({ long mfhi1; __asm__("mfhi %0, $ac1" : "=r" (mfhi1)); mfhi1;})
-#define mfhi2() ({ long mfhi2; __asm__("mfhi %0, $ac2" : "=r" (mfhi2)); mfhi2;})
-#define mfhi3() ({ long mfhi3; __asm__("mfhi %0, $ac3" : "=r" (mfhi3)); mfhi3;})
+#define mflo1()								\
+({									\
+	long mflo1;							\
+	__asm__(							\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
+	"	mflo %0, $ac1					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n" 	\
+	: "=r" (mflo1)); 						\
+	mflo1;								\
+})
 
-#define mtlo0(x) __asm__("mtlo %0, $ac0" ::"r" (x))
-#define mtlo1(x) __asm__("mtlo %0, $ac1" ::"r" (x))
-#define mtlo2(x) __asm__("mtlo %0, $ac2" ::"r" (x))
-#define mtlo3(x) __asm__("mtlo %0, $ac3" ::"r" (x))
+#define mflo2()								\
+({									\
+	long mflo2;							\
+	__asm__(							\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
+	"	mflo %0, $ac2					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n" 	\
+	: "=r" (mflo2)); 						\
+	mflo2;								\
+})
 
-#define mthi0(x) __asm__("mthi %0, $ac0" ::"r" (x))
-#define mthi1(x) __asm__("mthi %0, $ac1" ::"r" (x))
-#define mthi2(x) __asm__("mthi %0, $ac2" ::"r" (x))
-#define mthi3(x) __asm__("mthi %0, $ac3" ::"r" (x))
+#define mflo3()								\
+({									\
+	long mflo3;							\
+	__asm__(							\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
+	"	mflo %0, $ac3					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n" 	\
+	: "=r" (mflo3)); 						\
+	mflo3;								\
+})
+
+#define mfhi0()								\
+({									\
+	long mfhi0;							\
+	__asm__(							\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
+	"	mfhi %0, $ac0					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n" 	\
+	: "=r" (mfhi0)); 						\
+	mfhi0;								\
+})
+
+#define mfhi1()								\
+({									\
+	long mfhi1;							\
+	__asm__(							\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
+	"	mfhi %0, $ac1					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n" 	\
+	: "=r" (mfhi1)); 						\
+	mfhi1;								\
+})
+
+#define mfhi2()								\
+({									\
+	long mfhi2;							\
+	__asm__(							\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
+	"	mfhi %0, $ac2					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n" 	\
+	: "=r" (mfhi2)); 						\
+	mfhi2;								\
+})
+
+#define mfhi3()								\
+({									\
+	long mfhi3;							\
+	__asm__(							\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
+	"	mfhi %0, $ac3					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n" 	\
+	: "=r" (mfhi3)); 						\
+	mfhi3;								\
+})
+
+
+#define mtlo0(x)							\
+({									\
+	__asm__(							\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
+	"	mtlo %0, $ac0					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n"	\
+	:								\
+	: "r" (x));							\
+})
+
+#define mtlo1(x)							\
+({									\
+	__asm__(							\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
+	"	mtlo %0, $ac1					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n"	\
+	:								\
+	: "r" (x));							\
+})
+
+#define mtlo2(x)							\
+({									\
+	__asm__(							\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
+	"	mtlo %0, $ac2					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n"	\
+	:								\
+	: "r" (x));							\
+})
+
+#define mtlo3(x)							\
+({									\
+	__asm__(							\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
+	"	mtlo %0, $ac3					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n"	\
+	:								\
+	: "r" (x));							\
+})
+
+#define mthi0(x)							\
+({									\
+	__asm__(							\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
+	"	mthi %0, $ac0					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n"	\
+	:								\
+	: "r" (x));							\
+})
+
+#define mthi1(x)							\
+({									\
+	__asm__(							\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
+	"	mthi %0, $ac1					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n"	\
+	:								\
+	: "r" (x));							\
+})
+
+#define mthi2(x)							\
+({									\
+	__asm__(							\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
+	"	mthi %0, $ac2					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n"	\
+	:								\
+	: "r" (x));							\
+})
+
+#define mthi3(x)							\
+({									\
+	__asm__(							\
+	"	.set push					\n"	\
+	"	.set dsp					\n"	\
+	"	mthi %0, $ac3					\n"	\
+	"	.set pop					\n"	\
+	:								\
+	: "r" (x));							\
+})
 
 #else
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/Makefile b/arch/mips/kernel/Makefile
index f81d98f6184c..de75fb50562b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/Makefile
@@ -100,29 +100,16 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS)	+= perf_event_mipsxx.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL)	+= jump_label.o
 
 #
-# DSP ASE supported for MIPS32 or MIPS64 Release 2 cores only. It is safe
-# to enable DSP assembler support here even if the MIPS Release 2 CPU we
-# are targetting does not support DSP because all code-paths making use of
-# it properly check that the running CPU *actually does* support these
-# instructions.
+# DSP ASE supported for MIPS32 or MIPS64 Release 2 cores only. It is not
+# safe to unconditionnaly use the assembler -mdsp / -mdspr2 switches
+# here because the compiler may use DSP ASE instructions (such as lwx) in
+# code paths where we cannot check that the CPU we are running on supports it.
+# Proper abstraction using HAVE_AS_DSP and macros is done in
+# arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h.
 #
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR2), y)
 CFLAGS_DSP 			= -DHAVE_AS_DSP
 
-#
-# Check if assembler supports DSP ASE
-#
-ifeq ($(call cc-option-yn,-mdsp), y)
-CFLAGS_DSP			+= -mdsp
-endif
-
-#
-# Check if assembler supports DSP ASE Rev2
-#
-ifeq ($(call cc-option-yn,-mdspr2), y)
-CFLAGS_DSP			+= -mdspr2
-endif
-
 CFLAGS_signal.o			= $(CFLAGS_DSP)
 CFLAGS_signal32.o		= $(CFLAGS_DSP)
 CFLAGS_process.o		= $(CFLAGS_DSP)