diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c
index 9095a6f7ac2c..623c356fe34f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c
@@ -99,12 +99,28 @@ static inline void free_lppacas(void) { }
  * 3 persistent SLBs are registered here.  The buffer will be zero
  * initially, hence will all be invaild until we actually write them.
  */
-static struct slb_shadow slb_shadow[] __cacheline_aligned = {
-	[0 ... (NR_CPUS-1)] = {
-		.persistent = cpu_to_be32(SLB_NUM_BOLTED),
-		.buffer_length = cpu_to_be32(sizeof(struct slb_shadow)),
-	},
-};
+static struct slb_shadow *slb_shadow;
+
+static void __init allocate_slb_shadows(int nr_cpus, int limit)
+{
+	int size = PAGE_ALIGN(sizeof(struct slb_shadow) * nr_cpus);
+	slb_shadow = __va(memblock_alloc_base(size, PAGE_SIZE, limit));
+	memset(slb_shadow, 0, size);
+}
+
+static struct slb_shadow * __init init_slb_shadow(int cpu)
+{
+	struct slb_shadow *s = &slb_shadow[cpu];
+
+	s->persistent = cpu_to_be32(SLB_NUM_BOLTED);
+	s->buffer_length = cpu_to_be32(sizeof(*s));
+
+	return s;
+}
+
+#else /* CONFIG_PPC_STD_MMU_64 */
+
+static void __init allocate_slb_shadows(int nr_cpus, int limit) { }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_STD_MMU_64 */
 
@@ -142,7 +158,7 @@ void __init initialise_paca(struct paca_struct *new_paca, int cpu)
 	new_paca->__current = &init_task;
 	new_paca->data_offset = 0xfeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeULL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_STD_MMU_64
-	new_paca->slb_shadow_ptr = &slb_shadow[cpu];
+	new_paca->slb_shadow_ptr = init_slb_shadow(cpu);
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_STD_MMU_64 */
 }
 
@@ -190,6 +206,8 @@ void __init allocate_pacas(void)
 
 	allocate_lppacas(nr_cpu_ids, limit);
 
+	allocate_slb_shadows(nr_cpu_ids, limit);
+
 	/* Can't use for_each_*_cpu, as they aren't functional yet */
 	for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpu_ids; cpu++)
 		initialise_paca(&paca[cpu], cpu);