diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/regalloc.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/regalloc.go
index de49bb40c52..fb9642cfedf 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/regalloc.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/regalloc.go
@@ -1583,6 +1583,12 @@ func (s *regAllocState) regalloc(f *Func) {
 						mask &^= desired.avoid
 					}
 				}
+				if mask&s.values[v.Args[i.idx].ID].regs&(1<<s.SPReg) != 0 {
+					// Prefer SP register. This ensures that local variables
+					// use SP as their base register (instead of a copy of the
+					// stack pointer living in another register). See issue 74836.
+					mask = 1 << s.SPReg
+				}
 				args[i.idx] = s.allocValToReg(v.Args[i.idx], mask, true, v.Pos)
 			}
 
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue74836.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue74836.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e61c710931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue74836.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// compile
+
+// Copyright 2025 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+type T struct {
+	a [20]int
+}
+
+func f(x [4]int) {
+	g(T{}, x)
+}
+
+func g(t T, x [4]int)