diff --git a/libgloss/ChangeLog b/libgloss/ChangeLog
index 23d3dd1e5..1c90c6ea9 100644
--- a/libgloss/ChangeLog
+++ b/libgloss/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-10-02  Anthony Green  <green@moxielogic.com>
+
+	* moxie/crt0.S (_start): Minor optimizations to __start.
+
 2010-09-23  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
 	    Corinna Vinschen  <vinschen@redhat.com>
 
diff --git a/libgloss/moxie/crt0.S b/libgloss/moxie/crt0.S
index d413a4580..e166895ac 100644
--- a/libgloss/moxie/crt0.S
+++ b/libgloss/moxie/crt0.S
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 	.type	__start,@function
 __start:
 _start:
-	ldi.l	$sp, _stack	/* load up stack pointer */
-	ldi.l	$fp, 0x0	/* zero fp to allow unwinders to stop */
+	ldi.l	$sp, (_stack-12)/* load up stack pointer with space
+	                           for stack frame. */
+	xor	$fp, $fp	/* zero fp to allow unwinders to stop */
 
 	/* zero the bss area */
-	dec	$sp, 12
 	ldi.l	$r0, __bss_start__
 	ldi.l	$r1, __bss_end__
 	sub.l	$r1, $r0