1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 254ce2b90158..757ca983fd99 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1283,7 +1283,12 @@ module_exit(hugetlb_exit);
 
 static int __init hugetlb_init(void)
 {
-        BUILD_BUG_ON(HPAGE_SHIFT == 0);
+        /* Some platform decide whether they support huge pages at boot
+         * time. On these, such as powerpc, HPAGE_SHIFT is set to 0 when
+         * there is no such support
+         */
+        if (HPAGE_SHIFT == 0)
+                return 0;
 
         if (!size_to_hstate(default_hstate_size)) {
                 default_hstate_size = HPAGE_SIZE;