diff --git a/arch/openrisc/mm/fault.c b/arch/openrisc/mm/fault.c
index 80bb66ad42f6..860da58d7509 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/mm/fault.c
@@ -223,8 +223,6 @@ asmlinkage void do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
 	{
 		const struct exception_table_entry *entry;
 
-		__asm__ __volatile__("l.nop 42");
-
 		if ((entry = search_exception_tables(regs->pc)) != NULL) {
 			/* Adjust the instruction pointer in the stackframe */
 			regs->pc = entry->fixup;
@@ -252,9 +250,6 @@ asmlinkage void do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
 	 */
 
 out_of_memory:
-	__asm__ __volatile__("l.nop 42");
-	__asm__ __volatile__("l.nop 1");
-
 	mmap_read_unlock(mm);
 	if (!user_mode(regs))
 		goto no_context;