diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 2e76e89..a80c320 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@
 extern int kvm_mips_handle_exit(struct kvm_run *run, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
 /* Building of entry/exception code */
+int kvm_mips_entry_setup(void);
 void *kvm_mips_build_vcpu_run(void *addr);
 void *kvm_mips_build_exception(void *addr);
 void *kvm_mips_build_exit(void *addr);
diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/entry.c b/arch/mips/kvm/entry.c
index 6395bfa..b6e7fd9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kvm/entry.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/entry.c
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
 
 #define CALLFRAME_SIZ   32
 
+static unsigned int scratch_vcpu[2] = { C0_DDATA_LO };
+static unsigned int scratch_tmp[2] = { C0_ERROREPC };
+
 enum label_id {
 	label_fpu_1 = 1,
 	label_msa_1,
@@ -79,6 +82,69 @@
 static void *kvm_mips_build_ret_to_host(void *addr);
 
 /**
+ * kvm_mips_entry_setup() - Perform global setup for entry code.
+ *
+ * Perform global setup for entry code, such as choosing a scratch register.
+ *
+ * Returns:	0 on success.
+ *		-errno on failure.
+ */
+int kvm_mips_entry_setup(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * We prefer to use KScratchN registers if they are available over the
+	 * defaults above, which may not work on all cores.
+	 */
+	unsigned int kscratch_mask = cpu_data[0].kscratch_mask & 0xfc;
+
+	/* Pick a scratch register for storing VCPU */
+	if (kscratch_mask) {
+		scratch_vcpu[0] = 31;
+		scratch_vcpu[1] = ffs(kscratch_mask) - 1;
+		kscratch_mask &= ~BIT(scratch_vcpu[1]);
+	}
+
+	/* Pick a scratch register to use as a temp for saving state */
+	if (kscratch_mask) {
+		scratch_tmp[0] = 31;
+		scratch_tmp[1] = ffs(kscratch_mask) - 1;
+		kscratch_mask &= ~BIT(scratch_tmp[1]);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void kvm_mips_build_save_scratch(u32 **p, unsigned int tmp,
+					unsigned int frame)
+{
+	/* Save the VCPU scratch register value in cp0_epc of the stack frame */
+	uasm_i_mfc0(p, tmp, scratch_vcpu[0], scratch_vcpu[1]);
+	UASM_i_SW(p, tmp, offsetof(struct pt_regs, cp0_epc), frame);
+
+	/* Save the temp scratch register value in cp0_cause of stack frame */
+	if (scratch_tmp[0] == 31) {
+		uasm_i_mfc0(p, tmp, scratch_tmp[0], scratch_tmp[1]);
+		UASM_i_SW(p, tmp, offsetof(struct pt_regs, cp0_cause), frame);
+	}
+}
+
+static void kvm_mips_build_restore_scratch(u32 **p, unsigned int tmp,
+					   unsigned int frame)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Restore host scratch register values saved by
+	 * kvm_mips_build_save_scratch().
+	 */
+	UASM_i_LW(p, tmp, offsetof(struct pt_regs, cp0_epc), frame);
+	uasm_i_mtc0(p, tmp, scratch_vcpu[0], scratch_vcpu[1]);
+
+	if (scratch_tmp[0] == 31) {
+		UASM_i_LW(p, tmp, offsetof(struct pt_regs, cp0_cause), frame);
+		uasm_i_mtc0(p, tmp, scratch_tmp[0], scratch_tmp[1]);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
  * kvm_mips_build_vcpu_run() - Assemble function to start running a guest VCPU.
  * @addr:	Address to start writing code.
  *
@@ -120,12 +186,11 @@
 	uasm_i_mfc0(&p, V0, C0_STATUS);
 	UASM_i_SW(&p, V0, offsetof(struct pt_regs, cp0_status), K1);
 
-	/* Save DDATA_LO, will be used to store pointer to vcpu */
-	uasm_i_mfc0(&p, V1, C0_DDATA_LO);
-	UASM_i_SW(&p, V1, offsetof(struct pt_regs, cp0_epc), K1);
+	/* Save scratch registers, will be used to store pointer to vcpu etc */
+	kvm_mips_build_save_scratch(&p, V1, K1);
 
-	/* DDATA_LO has pointer to vcpu */
-	uasm_i_mtc0(&p, A1, C0_DDATA_LO);
+	/* VCPU scratch register has pointer to vcpu */
+	uasm_i_mtc0(&p, A1, scratch_vcpu[0], scratch_vcpu[1]);
 
 	/* Offset into vcpu->arch */
 	uasm_i_addiu(&p, K1, A1, offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu, arch));
@@ -273,7 +338,7 @@
 	u32 *p = addr;
 
 	/* Save guest k0 */
-	uasm_i_mtc0(&p, K0, C0_ERROREPC);
+	uasm_i_mtc0(&p, K0, scratch_tmp[0], scratch_tmp[1]);
 	uasm_i_ehb(&p);
 
 	/* Get EBASE */
@@ -321,8 +386,8 @@
 	 * does something that causes a trap to kernel mode.
 	 */
 
-	/* Get the VCPU pointer from DDATA_LO */
-	uasm_i_mfc0(&p, K1, C0_DDATA_LO);
+	/* Get the VCPU pointer from the scratch register */
+	uasm_i_mfc0(&p, K1, scratch_vcpu[0], scratch_vcpu[1]);
 	uasm_i_addiu(&p, K1, K1, offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu, arch));
 
 	/* Start saving Guest context to VCPU */
@@ -341,7 +406,7 @@
 	UASM_i_SW(&p, T0, offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu_arch, lo), K1);
 
 	/* Finally save guest k0/k1 to VCPU */
-	uasm_i_mfc0(&p, T0, C0_ERROREPC);
+	uasm_i_mfc0(&p, T0, scratch_tmp[0], scratch_tmp[1]);
 	UASM_i_SW(&p, T0, offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu_arch, gprs[K0]), K1);
 
 	/* Get GUEST k1 and save it in VCPU */
@@ -354,7 +419,7 @@
 	/* Now that context has been saved, we can use other registers */
 
 	/* Restore vcpu */
-	uasm_i_mfc0(&p, A1, C0_DDATA_LO);
+	uasm_i_mfc0(&p, A1, scratch_vcpu[0], scratch_vcpu[1]);
 	uasm_i_move(&p, S1, A1);
 
 	/* Restore run (vcpu->run) */
@@ -446,9 +511,8 @@
 	 * kernel entries are marked GLOBAL, need to verify
 	 */
 
-	/* Restore host DDATA_LO */
-	UASM_i_LW(&p, K0, offsetof(struct pt_regs, cp0_epc), SP);
-	uasm_i_mtc0(&p, K0, C0_DDATA_LO);
+	/* Restore host scratch registers, as we'll have clobbered them */
+	kvm_mips_build_restore_scratch(&p, K0, SP);
 
 	/* Restore RDHWR access */
 	UASM_i_LA_mostly(&p, K0, (long)&hwrena);
@@ -536,8 +600,8 @@
 {
 	u32 *p = addr;
 
-	/* Put the saved pointer to vcpu (s1) back into the DDATA_LO Register */
-	uasm_i_mtc0(&p, S1, C0_DDATA_LO);
+	/* Put the saved pointer to vcpu (s1) back into the scratch register */
+	uasm_i_mtc0(&p, S1, scratch_vcpu[0], scratch_vcpu[1]);
 
 	/* Load up the Guest EBASE to minimize the window where BEV is set */
 	UASM_i_LW(&p, T0, offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu_arch, guest_ebase), K1);
diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
index 9f36dcb..26cc0b9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
@@ -1775,6 +1775,10 @@
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	ret = kvm_mips_entry_setup();
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	ret = kvm_init(NULL, sizeof(struct kvm_vcpu), 0, THIS_MODULE);
 
 	if (ret)