The only reason you don't have to load that is because it servers no purpose in the code. Its a float. So instead of..

j
lui t0 $xxxx
lui t1 $xxxx(t0)
ori t1 t1 $xxxx
sw t2 $xxxx
jr ra

Just do

j
lui t0 $xxxx
lui t1 $xxxx(t0)
sw t2 $xxxx
jr ra

Just skip the loading of the second half.