diff --git a/arch/arm/config.mk b/arch/arm/config.mk
index b684d8b416f7..b107b1af27ac 100644
--- a/arch/arm/config.mk
+++ b/arch/arm/config.mk
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ endif
 
 PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -fno-common -ffixed-r9
 PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -msoft-float) \
+		     $(call cc-option,-mgeneral-regs-only) \
       $(call cc-option,-mshort-load-bytes,$(call cc-option,-malignment-traps,))
 
 # LLVM support