diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/relocate.c b/arch/mips/kernel/relocate.c
index dab8febb57419591c4acb2f946db2c55152568df..5e014a457ad80665bd8fba83aa3d00403bd9077d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/relocate.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/relocate.c
@@ -399,7 +399,20 @@ void *__init relocate_kernel(void)
 			goto out;
 
 		/* The current thread is now within the relocated image */
+#ifndef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
 		__current_thread_info = RELOCATED(&init_thread_union);
+#else
+		/*
+		 * LLVM may wrongly restore $gp ($28) in epilog even if it's
+		 * intentionally modified. Work around this by using inline
+		 * assembly to assign $gp. $gp couldn't be listed as output or
+		 * clobber, or LLVM will still restore its original value.
+		 * See also LLVM upstream issue
+		 * https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/176546
+		 */
+		asm volatile("move $28, %0" : :
+			     "r" (RELOCATED(&init_thread_union)));
+#endif
 
 		/* Return the new kernel's entry point */
 		kernel_entry = RELOCATED(start_kernel);