diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7b5a8125b..7e09c4d12 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-11-16  Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
+
+	* grub-core/kern/arm/uboot/startup.S: delete superflouous save of r8
+	in grub_uboot_syscall
+
 2013-11-16  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	Decrease stack usage in lexer.
diff --git a/grub-core/kern/arm/uboot/startup.S b/grub-core/kern/arm/uboot/startup.S
index df1e32928..3e1c1f2d6 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/arm/uboot/startup.S
+++ b/grub-core/kern/arm/uboot/startup.S
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ FUNCTION(grub_uboot_syscall)
 
 	mov	lr, pc
 	ldr	pc, grub_uboot_syscall_ptr
-	str	r8, gd_backup
 
 	ldr     r8, transition_space
 	ldr     lr, transition_space + 4