diff --git a/lib/std/start.zig b/lib/std/start.zig
index cef9f81dc13832ddd109004141bafa2e3e579c72..9e8ea47877453d7e7b079b2cbddb430c1e8a67af 100644
--- a/lib/std/start.zig
+++ b/lib/std/start.zig
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ fn _start() callconv(.naked) noreturn {
                 \\ addu $t9, $t9, $gp
                 \\ move $ra, $zero
                 \\ move $a0, $sp
-                \\ and $sp, -8
+                \\ and $sp, -16
                 \\ subu $sp, $sp, 16
                 \\ jalr $t9
                 ,