diff --git a/am/src/native/platform.c b/am/src/native/platform.c
index 61b0d53..0003aa6 100644
--- a/am/src/native/platform.c
+++ b/am/src/native/platform.c
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ static void init_platform() {
 
   // save the context template
   save_example_context();
+  uc_example.uc_mcontext.fpregs = NULL; // clear the FPU context
   __am_get_intr_sigmask(&uc_example.uc_sigmask);
 
   // disable interrupts by default