diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
index 55a7141131f1f75f6cfc396b663634da71ff5013..7e828ba29bc3ed20b0fa589dfe2c09c92c49cb71 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ struct err_log_info {
 #define NVRAM_MAX_REQ		2079
 #define NVRAM_MIN_REQ		1055
 
+#define NVRAM_LOG_PART_NAME	"ibm,rtas-log"
+
 static ssize_t pSeries_nvram_read(char *buf, size_t count, loff_t *index)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -262,8 +264,8 @@ int nvram_clear_error_log(void)
  * error logs and cleanup partitions if needed.
  *
  * The general strategy is the following:
- * 1.) If there is ppc64,linux partition large enough then use it.
- * 2.) If there is not a ppc64,linux partition large enough, search
+ * 1.) If there is log partition large enough then use it.
+ * 2.) If there is none large enough, search
  * for a free partition that is large enough.
  * 3.) If there is not a free partition large enough remove 
  * _all_ OS partitions and consolidate the space.
@@ -281,34 +283,35 @@ static int __init pseries_nvram_init_log_partition(void)
 	nvram_scan_partitions();
 
 	/* Lookg for ours */
-	p = nvram_find_partition("ppc64,linux", NVRAM_SIG_OS, &size);
+	p = nvram_find_partition(NVRAM_LOG_PART_NAME, NVRAM_SIG_OS, &size);
 
 	/* Found one but too small, remove it */
 	if (p && size < NVRAM_MIN_REQ) {
-		pr_info("nvram: Found too small ppc64,linux partition"
+		pr_info("nvram: Found too small "NVRAM_LOG_PART_NAME" partition"
 			",removing it...");
-		nvram_remove_partition("ppc64,linux", NVRAM_SIG_OS);
+		nvram_remove_partition(NVRAM_LOG_PART_NAME, NVRAM_SIG_OS);
 		p = 0;
 	}
 
 	/* Create one if we didn't find */
 	if (!p) {
-		p = nvram_create_partition("ppc64,linux", NVRAM_SIG_OS,
+		p = nvram_create_partition(NVRAM_LOG_PART_NAME, NVRAM_SIG_OS,
 					   NVRAM_MAX_REQ, NVRAM_MIN_REQ);
 		/* No room for it, try to get rid of any OS partition
 		 * and try again
 		 */
 		if (p == -ENOSPC) {
-			pr_info("nvram: No room to create ppc64,linux"
+			pr_info("nvram: No room to create "NVRAM_LOG_PART_NAME
 				" partition, deleting all OS partitions...");
 			nvram_remove_partition(NULL, NVRAM_SIG_OS);
-			p = nvram_create_partition("ppc64,linux", NVRAM_SIG_OS,
-						   NVRAM_MAX_REQ, NVRAM_MIN_REQ);
+			p = nvram_create_partition(NVRAM_LOG_PART_NAME,
+						   NVRAM_SIG_OS, NVRAM_MAX_REQ,
+						   NVRAM_MIN_REQ);
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (p <= 0) {
-		pr_err("nvram: Failed to find or create ppc64,linux"
+		pr_err("nvram: Failed to find or create "NVRAM_LOG_PART_NAME
 		       " partition, err %d\n", (int)p);
 		return 0;
 	}