diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/uaccess.h
index a10951090234..b9ab717e3619 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -773,10 +773,11 @@ extern void __put_user_unaligned_unknown(void);
 	"jal\t" #destination "\n\t"
 #endif
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_CPU_DADDI_WORKAROUNDS
-#define DADDI_SCRATCH "$0"
-#else
+#if defined(CONFIG_CPU_DADDI_WORKAROUNDS) || (defined(CONFIG_EVA) &&	\
+					      defined(CONFIG_CPU_HAS_PREFETCH))
 #define DADDI_SCRATCH "$3"
+#else
+#define DADDI_SCRATCH "$0"
 #endif
 
 extern size_t __copy_user(void *__to, const void *__from, size_t __n);