diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
index ba250d505e07d210f21cb26c3ac92ddff0bca6d5..0654dba2c1f18a3582c7dc82854765d776c7dcf0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ __start:
 	trap
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_PMAC */
 
-1:	mr	r31,r3			/* save parameters */
-	mr	r30,r4
+1:	mr	r31,r3			/* save device tree ptr */
 	li	r24,0			/* cpu # */
 
 /*
@@ -964,8 +963,8 @@ start_here:
  * Do early platform-specific initialization,
  * and set up the MMU.
  */
-	mr	r3,r31
-	mr	r4,r30
+	li	r3,0
+	mr	r4,r31
 	bl	machine_init
 	bl	__save_cpu_setup
 	bl	MMU_init
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
index a91626d87fc96261a54e3637eab986e80119377c..872a6af83bad56c95cde844fc2044817e8fc8275 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
@@ -58,13 +58,7 @@
 _ENTRY(_stext);
 _ENTRY(_start);
 
-	/* Save parameters we are passed.
-	*/
-	mr	r31,r3
-	mr	r30,r4
-	mr	r29,r5
-	mr	r28,r6
-	mr	r27,r7
+	mr	r31,r3			/* save device tree ptr */
 
 	/* We have to turn on the MMU right away so we get cache modes
 	 * set correctly.
@@ -849,11 +843,8 @@ start_here:
 /*
  * Decide what sort of machine this is and initialize the MMU.
  */
-	mr	r3,r31
-	mr	r4,r30
-	mr	r5,r29
-	mr	r6,r28
-	mr	r7,r27
+	li	r3,0
+	mr	r4,r31
 	bl	machine_init
 	bl	MMU_init
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
index f8e971ba94f5b66231da5194f125efd35020b5d6..b725dab0f88a01eae1e085e094310e21d898e605 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
@@ -61,14 +61,7 @@ _ENTRY(_start);
 	 * of abatron_pteptrs
 	 */
 	nop
-/*
- * Save parameters we are passed
- */
-	mr	r31,r3
-	mr	r30,r4
-	mr	r29,r5
-	mr	r28,r6
-	mr	r27,r7
+	mr	r31,r3		/* save device tree ptr */
 	li	r24,0		/* CPU number */
 
 	bl	init_cpu_state
@@ -120,11 +113,8 @@ _ENTRY(_start);
 /*
  * Decide what sort of machine this is and initialize the MMU.
  */
-	mr	r3,r31
-	mr	r4,r30
-	mr	r5,r29
-	mr	r6,r28
-	mr	r7,r27
+	li	r3,0
+	mr	r4,r31
 	bl	machine_init
 	bl	MMU_init
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
index 1cbf64e6b416c1139b1f57582597477aef4cd61d..b68cb173ba2c6a500c37f369b9daadcf8c519d0c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
@@ -76,11 +76,7 @@ _ENTRY(_start);
  */
 	.globl	__start
 __start:
-	mr	r31,r3			/* save parameters */
-	mr	r30,r4
-	mr	r29,r5
-	mr	r28,r6
-	mr	r27,r7
+	mr	r31,r3			/* save device tree ptr */
 
 	/* We have to turn on the MMU right away so we get cache modes
 	 * set correctly.
@@ -723,11 +719,8 @@ start_here:
 /*
  * Decide what sort of machine this is and initialize the MMU.
  */
-	mr	r3,r31
-	mr	r4,r30
-	mr	r5,r29
-	mr	r6,r28
-	mr	r7,r27
+	li	r3,0
+	mr	r4,r31
 	bl	machine_init
 	bl	MMU_init
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
index 4ea9bfbf67e9f3d68a8a9e251e0b27183ef6ebe8..e1c699f3b7a7ce69c129ef9930eee8ab965f7696 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
@@ -63,17 +63,30 @@ _ENTRY(_start);
 	 * of abatron_pteptrs
 	 */
 	nop
-/*
- * Save parameters we are passed
- */
-	mr	r31,r3
-	mr	r30,r4
-	mr	r29,r5
-	mr	r28,r6
-	mr	r27,r7
-	li	r25,0		/* phys kernel start (low) */
-	li	r24,0		/* CPU number */
-	li	r23,0		/* phys kernel start (high) */
+
+	/* Translate device tree address to physical, save in r30/r31 */
+	mfmsr	r16
+	mfspr	r17,SPRN_PID
+	rlwinm	r17,r17,16,0x3fff0000	/* turn PID into MAS6[SPID] */
+	rlwimi	r17,r16,28,0x00000001	/* turn MSR[DS] into MAS6[SAS] */
+	mtspr	SPRN_MAS6,r17
+
+	tlbsx	0,r3			/* must succeed */
+
+	mfspr	r16,SPRN_MAS1
+	mfspr	r20,SPRN_MAS3
+	rlwinm	r17,r16,25,0x1f		/* r17 = log2(page size) */
+	li	r18,1024
+	slw	r18,r18,r17		/* r18 = page size */
+	addi	r18,r18,-1
+	and	r19,r3,r18		/* r19 = page offset */
+	andc	r31,r20,r18		/* r3 = page base */
+	or	r31,r31,r19		/* r3 = devtree phys addr */
+	mfspr	r30,SPRN_MAS7
+
+	li	r25,0			/* phys kernel start (low) */
+	li	r24,0			/* CPU number */
+	li	r23,0			/* phys kernel start (high) */
 
 /* We try to not make any assumptions about how the boot loader
  * setup or used the TLBs.  We invalidate all mappings from the
@@ -198,11 +211,8 @@ _ENTRY(__early_start)
 /*
  * Decide what sort of machine this is and initialize the MMU.
  */
-	mr	r3,r31
-	mr	r4,r30
-	mr	r5,r29
-	mr	r6,r28
-	mr	r7,r27
+	mr	r3,r30
+	mr	r4,r31
 	bl	machine_init
 	bl	MMU_init
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
index 209135af0a40e957fd15a166df417520df408f9e..c1ce86357ecb4a3a47411c18e6fe88cfd5c07d8b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ notrace unsigned long __init early_init(unsigned long dt_ptr)
  * This is called very early on the boot process, after a minimal
  * MMU environment has been set up but before MMU_init is called.
  */
-notrace void __init machine_init(unsigned long dt_ptr)
+notrace void __init machine_init(u64 dt_ptr)
 {
 	lockdep_init();