diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_fred.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_fred.S
index 29c5c32c16c3..cb5ff2b1f6e7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_fred.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_fred.S
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(asm_fred_entry_from_kvm)
 	push %rdi			/* fred_ss handed in by the caller */
 	push %rbp
 	pushf
-	mov $__KERNEL_CS, %rax
-	push %rax
+	push $__KERNEL_CS
 
 	/*
 	 * Unlike the IDT event delivery, FRED _always_ pushes an error code