diff -Naur newlib-1.16.0/newlib/libc/machine/mips/strlen.c newlib-1.16.0-fixed/newlib/libc/machine/mips/strlen.c
--- newlib-1.16.0/newlib/libc/machine/mips/strlen.c	2002-03-14 03:41:43.000000000 +0100
+++ newlib-1.16.0-fixed/newlib/libc/machine/mips/strlen.c	2009-02-14 15:52:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 	"	addiu	$2,$4,1\n"
 	"\n"
 	"1:	lbu	$3,0($4)\n"
+	"	nop\n"
 	"	bnez	$3,1b\n"
 	"	addiu	$4,$4,1\n"
 	"\n"