diff --git a/arch/arc/cpu/arc700/interrupts.c b/arch/arc/cpu/arc700/interrupts.c
index d93a6eb..7dde74b 100644
--- a/arch/arc/cpu/arc700/interrupts.c
+++ b/arch/arc/cpu/arc700/interrupts.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static void print_reg_file(long *reg_rev, int start_num)
 
 void show_regs(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	printf("ECR:\t0x%08lx\n", regs->ecr);
 	printf("RET:\t0x%08lx\nBLINK:\t0x%08lx\nSTAT32:\t0x%08lx\n",
 	       regs->ret, regs->blink, regs->status32);
 	printf("GP: 0x%08lx\t r25: 0x%08lx\t\n", regs->r26, regs->r25);
diff --git a/arch/arc/cpu/arc700/start.S b/arch/arc/cpu/arc700/start.S
index 563513b..4d505bf 100644
--- a/arch/arc/cpu/arc700/start.S
+++ b/arch/arc/cpu/arc700/start.S
@@ -57,11 +57,13 @@
 .endm
 
 .macro SAVE_ALL_SYS
-
+	/* saving %r0 to reg->r0 in advance since we read %ecr into it */
+	st	%r0, [%sp, -8]
+	lr	%r0, [%ecr]	/* all stack addressing is manual so far */
 	st	%r0, [%sp]
-	lr	%r0, [%ecr]
-	st	%r0, [%sp, 8]	/* ECR */
-	st	%sp, [%sp, 4]
+	st	%sp, [%sp, -4]
+	/* now move %sp to reg->r0 position so we can do "push" automatically */
+	sub	%sp, %sp, 8
 
 	SAVE_R1_TO_R24
 	PUSH	%r25