1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S
index 1501b0a9e749..c1427b3634ec 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S
@@ -30,9 +30,14 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_PURR);
         
 /*
  * postcall is performed immediately before function return which
- * allows liberal use of volatile registers.
+ * allows liberal use of volatile registers.  We branch around this
+ * in early init (eg when populating the MMU hashtable) by using an
+ * unconditional cpu feature.
  */
 #define HCALL_INST_POSTCALL                                     \
+BEGIN_FTR_SECTION;                                              \
+        b       1f;                                             \
+END_FTR_SECTION(0, 1);                                          \
         ld      r4,STK_PARM(r3)(r1);    /* validate opcode */   \
         cmpldi  cr7,r4,MAX_HCALL_OPCODE;                        \
         bgt-    cr7,1f;                                         \