diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S
index 4de9fbd1a177ebcc02826469badc2eb32ca45643..f362ecb9955d2327100a758b1a61346df3ade34e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -640,6 +640,8 @@ niagara4_patch:
 	 nop
 	call	niagara4_patch_pageops
 	 nop
+	call	niagara4_patch_fls
+	 nop
 
 	ba,a,pt	%xcc, 80f
 	 nop
diff --git a/arch/sparc/lib/NG4patch.S b/arch/sparc/lib/NG4patch.S
index 3cc0f8cc95df175a542f0c6962006a9163a93517..da65a3ebb7cce9acc636c4cce3f58e06ba8cd927 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/lib/NG4patch.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/lib/NG4patch.S
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2012 David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
  */
 
+#include <linux/linkage.h>
+
 #define BRANCH_ALWAYS	0x10680000
 #define NOP		0x01000000
 #define NG_DO_PATCH(OLD, NEW)	\
@@ -52,3 +54,10 @@ niagara4_patch_pageops:
 	retl
 	 nop
 	.size	niagara4_patch_pageops,.-niagara4_patch_pageops
+
+ENTRY(niagara4_patch_fls)
+	NG_DO_PATCH(fls, NG4fls)
+	NG_DO_PATCH(__fls, __NG4fls)
+	retl
+	 nop
+ENDPROC(niagara4_patch_fls)