diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/Mips/MipsISelLowering.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/Mips/MipsISelLowering.cpp
index 97b5a14..f2682cf 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/Mips/MipsISelLowering.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/Mips/MipsISelLowering.cpp
@@ -1805,43 +1805,90 @@
               SmallVector<SDValue, 8>& MemOpChains, int& LastFI,
               MachineFrameInfo *MFI, SelectionDAG &DAG, SDValue Arg,
               const CCValAssign &VA, const ISD::ArgFlagsTy& Flags,
-              MVT PtrType) {
-  unsigned FirstWord = VA.getLocMemOffset() / 4;
-  unsigned NumWords = (Flags.getByValSize() + 3) / 4;
-  unsigned LastWord = FirstWord + NumWords;
-  unsigned CurWord;
+              MVT PtrType, bool isLittle) {
+  unsigned LocMemOffset = VA.getLocMemOffset();
+  unsigned Offset = 0;
+  uint32_t RemainingSize = Flags.getByValSize();
   unsigned ByValAlign = Flags.getByValAlign();
 
-  // copy the first 4 words of byval arg to registers A0 - A3
-  for (CurWord = FirstWord; CurWord < std::min(LastWord, O32IntRegsSize);
-       ++CurWord) {
+  // Copy the first 4 words of byval arg to registers A0 - A3.
+  // FIXME: Use a stricter alignment if it enables better optimization in passes
+  //        run later.
+  for (; RemainingSize >= 4 && LocMemOffset < 4 * 4;
+       Offset += 4, RemainingSize -= 4, LocMemOffset += 4) {
     SDValue LoadPtr = DAG.getNode(ISD::ADD, dl, MVT::i32, Arg,
-                                  DAG.getConstant((CurWord - FirstWord) * 4,
-                                                  MVT::i32));
+                                  DAG.getConstant(Offset, MVT::i32));
     SDValue LoadVal = DAG.getLoad(MVT::i32, dl, Chain, LoadPtr,
                                   MachinePointerInfo(),
                                   false, false, std::min(ByValAlign,
                                                          (unsigned )4));
     MemOpChains.push_back(LoadVal.getValue(1));
-    unsigned DstReg = O32IntRegs[CurWord];
+    unsigned DstReg = O32IntRegs[LocMemOffset / 4];
     RegsToPass.push_back(std::make_pair(DstReg, LoadVal));
   }
 
-  // copy remaining part of byval arg to stack.
-  if (CurWord < LastWord) {
-    unsigned SizeInBytes = (LastWord - CurWord) * 4;
-    SDValue Src = DAG.getNode(ISD::ADD, dl, MVT::i32, Arg,
-                              DAG.getConstant((CurWord - FirstWord) * 4,
-                                              MVT::i32));
-    LastFI = MFI->CreateFixedObject(SizeInBytes, CurWord * 4, true);
-    SDValue Dst = DAG.getFrameIndex(LastFI, PtrType);
-    Chain = DAG.getMemcpy(Chain, dl, Dst, Src,
-                          DAG.getConstant(SizeInBytes, MVT::i32),
-                          /*Align*/ByValAlign,
-                          /*isVolatile=*/false, /*AlwaysInline=*/false,
-                          MachinePointerInfo(0), MachinePointerInfo(0));
-    MemOpChains.push_back(Chain);
+  if (RemainingSize == 0)
+    return;
+
+  // If there still is a register available for argument passing, write the
+  // remaining part of the structure to it using subword loads and shifts.
+  if (LocMemOffset < 4 * 4) {
+    assert(RemainingSize <= 3 && RemainingSize >= 1 &&
+           "There must be one to three bytes remaining.");
+    unsigned LoadSize = (RemainingSize == 3 ? 2 : RemainingSize);
+    SDValue LoadPtr = DAG.getNode(ISD::ADD, dl, MVT::i32, Arg,
+                                  DAG.getConstant(Offset, MVT::i32));
+    unsigned Alignment = std::min(ByValAlign, (unsigned )4);
+    SDValue LoadVal = DAG.getExtLoad(ISD::ZEXTLOAD, dl, MVT::i32, Chain,
+                                     LoadPtr, MachinePointerInfo(),
+                                     MVT::getIntegerVT(LoadSize * 8), false,
+                                     false, Alignment);
+    MemOpChains.push_back(LoadVal.getValue(1));
+
+    // If target is big endian, shift it to the most significant half-word or
+    // byte.
+    if (!isLittle)
+      LoadVal = DAG.getNode(ISD::SHL, dl, MVT::i32, LoadVal,
+                            DAG.getConstant(32 - LoadSize * 8, MVT::i32));
+
+    Offset += LoadSize;
+    RemainingSize -= LoadSize;
+
+    // Read second subword if necessary.
+    if (RemainingSize != 0)  {
+      assert(RemainingSize == 1 && "There must be one byte remaining.");
+      LoadPtr = DAG.getNode(ISD::ADD, dl, MVT::i32, Arg, 
+                            DAG.getConstant(Offset, MVT::i32));
+      unsigned Alignment = std::min(ByValAlign, (unsigned )2);
+      SDValue Subword = DAG.getExtLoad(ISD::ZEXTLOAD, dl, MVT::i32, Chain,
+                                       LoadPtr, MachinePointerInfo(),
+                                       MVT::i8, false, false, Alignment);
+      MemOpChains.push_back(Subword.getValue(1));
+      // Insert the loaded byte to LoadVal.
+      // FIXME: Use INS if supported by target.
+      unsigned ShiftAmt = isLittle ? 16 : 8;
+      SDValue Shift = DAG.getNode(ISD::SHL, dl, MVT::i32, Subword,
+                                  DAG.getConstant(ShiftAmt, MVT::i32));
+      LoadVal = DAG.getNode(ISD::OR, dl, MVT::i32, LoadVal, Shift);
+    }
+
+    unsigned DstReg = O32IntRegs[LocMemOffset / 4];
+    RegsToPass.push_back(std::make_pair(DstReg, LoadVal));
+    return;
   }
+
+  // Create a fixed object on stack at offset LocMemOffset and copy
+  // remaining part of byval arg to it using memcpy.
+  SDValue Src = DAG.getNode(ISD::ADD, dl, MVT::i32, Arg,
+                            DAG.getConstant(Offset, MVT::i32));
+  LastFI = MFI->CreateFixedObject(RemainingSize, LocMemOffset, true);
+  SDValue Dst = DAG.getFrameIndex(LastFI, PtrType);
+  Chain = DAG.getMemcpy(Chain, dl, Dst, Src,
+                        DAG.getConstant(RemainingSize, MVT::i32),
+                        std::min(ByValAlign, (unsigned)4),
+                        /*isVolatile=*/false, /*AlwaysInline=*/false,
+                        MachinePointerInfo(0), MachinePointerInfo(0));
+  MemOpChains.push_back(Chain);
 }
 
 /// LowerCall - functions arguments are copied from virtual regs to
@@ -1974,7 +2021,7 @@
       assert(Flags.getByValSize() &&
              "ByVal args of size 0 should have been ignored by front-end.");
       WriteByValArg(Chain, dl, RegsToPass, MemOpChains, LastFI, MFI, DAG, Arg,
-                    VA, Flags, getPointerTy());
+                    VA, Flags, getPointerTy(), Subtarget->isLittle());
       continue;
     }