diff --git a/cpu/mips/cpu.c b/cpu/mips/cpu.c
index 8b43d8eb36..e267bba469 100644
--- a/cpu/mips/cpu.c
+++ b/cpu/mips/cpu.c
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ void flush_cache(ulong start_addr, ulong size)
 	unsigned long aend = (start_addr + size - 1) & ~(lsize - 1);
 
 	while (1) {
-		cache_op(Hit_Writeback_Inv_D, start_addr);
-		cache_op(Hit_Invalidate_I, start_addr);
+		cache_op(Hit_Writeback_Inv_D, addr);
+		cache_op(Hit_Invalidate_I, addr);
 		if (addr == aend)
 			break;
 		addr += lsize;