diff --git a/hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRGenerator.cpp b/hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRGenerator.cpp
index d2174df60cc..1c34e610496 100644
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRGenerator.cpp
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/c1/c1_LIRGenerator.cpp
@@ -2208,7 +2208,15 @@ void LIRGenerator::do_UnsafePutRaw(UnsafePutRaw* x) {
   if (log2_scale != 0) {
     // temporary fix (platform dependent code without shift on Intel would be better)
     // TODO: ARM also allows embedded shift in the address
-    __ shift_left(index_op, log2_scale, index_op);
+    LIR_Opr tmp = new_pointer_register();
+    if (TwoOperandLIRForm) {
+      __ move(index_op, tmp);
+      index_op = tmp;
+    }
+    __ shift_left(index_op, log2_scale, tmp);
+    if (!TwoOperandLIRForm) {
+      index_op = tmp;
+    }
   }
 
   LIR_Address* addr = new LIR_Address(base_op, index_op, x->basic_type());