diff --git a/BasiliskII/src/uae_cpu/compiler/compemu_support.cpp b/BasiliskII/src/uae_cpu/compiler/compemu_support.cpp
index fcdbc150..d6edce3e 100644
--- a/BasiliskII/src/uae_cpu/compiler/compemu_support.cpp
+++ b/BasiliskII/src/uae_cpu/compiler/compemu_support.cpp
@@ -1409,7 +1409,8 @@ static  int alloc_reg_hinted(int r, int size, int willclobber, int hint)
     bestreg=-1;
     when=2000000000;
 
-    for (i=N_REGS;i--;) {
+    /* XXX use a regalloc_order table? */
+    for (i=0;i<N_REGS;i++) {
 	badness=live.nat[i].touched;
 	if (live.nat[i].nholds==0)
 	    badness=0;