diff --git a/bl2/aarch32/bl2_el3_entrypoint.S b/bl2/aarch32/bl2_el3_entrypoint.S
index 35da133..9b4da6b 100644
--- a/bl2/aarch32/bl2_el3_entrypoint.S
+++ b/bl2/aarch32/bl2_el3_entrypoint.S
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 	 */
 	ldr	lr, [r8, #ENTRY_POINT_INFO_PC_OFFSET]
 	ldr	r1, [r8, #(ENTRY_POINT_INFO_PC_OFFSET + 4)]
-	msr	spsr, r1
+	msr	spsr_xc, r1
 
 	/* Some BL32 stages expect lr_svc to provide the BL33 entry address */
 	cps	#MODE32_svc