diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
index 3ea4c1f107d7ef99ad5699d16b6cc24dfc41d453..24a2eadc8c21ab92e855ae37c568c1218bbc1ae3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
@@ -294,14 +294,14 @@ static int __meminit create_physical_mapping(unsigned long start,
 		}
 
 		if (split_text_mapping && (mapping_size == PUD_SIZE) &&
-			(addr <= __pa_symbol(__init_begin)) &&
+			(addr < __pa_symbol(__init_begin)) &&
 			(addr + mapping_size) >= __pa_symbol(_stext)) {
 			max_mapping_size = PMD_SIZE;
 			goto retry;
 		}
 
 		if (split_text_mapping && (mapping_size == PMD_SIZE) &&
-		    (addr <= __pa_symbol(__init_begin)) &&
+		    (addr < __pa_symbol(__init_begin)) &&
 		    (addr + mapping_size) >= __pa_symbol(_stext)) {
 			mapping_size = PAGE_SIZE;
 			psize = mmu_virtual_psize;