diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
index 87e6207b05e4..fed1c3e9b486 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@
 #define MIPS_CONF3_RXI		(_ULCAST_(1) << 12)
 #define MIPS_CONF3_ULRI		(_ULCAST_(1) << 13)
 #define MIPS_CONF3_ISA		(_ULCAST_(3) << 14)
-#define MIPS_CONF3_ISA_OE	(_ULCAST_(3) << 16)
+#define MIPS_CONF3_ISA_OE	(_ULCAST_(1) << 16)
 #define MIPS_CONF3_VZ		(_ULCAST_(1) << 23)
 
 #define MIPS_CONF4_MMUSIZEEXT	(_ULCAST_(255) << 0)
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
index f87039dbefe9..c7b1b3c5a761 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
@@ -269,9 +269,6 @@ static inline unsigned int decode_config3(struct cpuinfo_mips *c)
 		c->options |= MIPS_CPU_ULRI;
 	if (config3 & MIPS_CONF3_ISA)
 		c->options |= MIPS_CPU_MICROMIPS;
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_MICROMIPS
-	write_c0_config3(read_c0_config3() | MIPS_CONF3_ISA_OE);
-#endif
 	if (config3 & MIPS_CONF3_VZ)
 		c->ases |= MIPS_ASE_VZ;
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
index d97ea234e2d3..b0f3ad26063e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
@@ -1878,6 +1878,15 @@ void __init trap_init(void)
 			ebase += (read_c0_ebase() & 0x3ffff000);
 	}
 
+	if (cpu_has_mmips) {
+		unsigned int config3 = read_c0_config3();
+
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPU_MICROMIPS))
+			write_c0_config3(config3 | MIPS_CONF3_ISA_OE);
+		else
+			write_c0_config3(config3 & ~MIPS_CONF3_ISA_OE);
+	}
+
 	if (board_ebase_setup)
 		board_ebase_setup();
 	per_cpu_trap_init(true);