2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
index 0a486d4b2547..23bbb1ea7f9f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ EXTRA_CFLAGS		+= -mno-minimal-toc
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_PPC_MERGE),y)
-obj-y                   := string.o
+obj-y                   := string.o alloc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC32)     += div64.o copy_32.o checksum_32.o
 endif
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/alloc.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/alloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e58c80590ebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/alloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/bootmem.h>
+
+#include <asm/system.h>
+
+void * __init_refok alloc_maybe_bootmem(size_t size, gfp_t mask)
+{
+        if (mem_init_done)
+                return kmalloc(size, mask);
+        else
+                return alloc_bootmem(size);
+}