diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/unaligned.c b/arch/arc/kernel/unaligned.c
index abd961f3e7639f13fb7954da68885ed0215f432c..91ebe382147f6d915a58f94027fa748ca8319f30 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/unaligned.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/unaligned.c
@@ -241,8 +241,9 @@ int misaligned_fixup(unsigned long address, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	if (state.fault)
 		goto fault;
 
+	/* clear any remanants of delay slot */
 	if (delay_mode(regs)) {
-		regs->ret = regs->bta;
+		regs->ret = regs->bta ~1U;
 		regs->status32 &= ~STATUS_DE_MASK;
 	} else {
 		regs->ret += state.instr_len;