diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
index 8b3b46b7b0f2795b6195eb95ee649d3dece6dc9a..329771559cbbb16048d67d27450865703a248c90 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -44,8 +44,22 @@ extern void __init dump_numa_cpu_topology(void);
 extern int sysfs_add_device_to_node(struct device *dev, int nid);
 extern void sysfs_remove_device_from_node(struct device *dev, int nid);
 
+static inline int early_cpu_to_node(int cpu)
+{
+	int nid;
+
+	nid = numa_cpu_lookup_table[cpu];
+
+	/*
+	 * Fall back to node 0 if nid is unset (it should be, except bugs).
+	 * This allows callers to safely do NODE_DATA(early_cpu_to_node(cpu)).
+	 */
+	return (nid < 0) ? 0 : nid;
+}
 #else
 
+static inline int early_cpu_to_node(int cpu) { return 0; }
+
 static inline void dump_numa_cpu_topology(void) {}
 
 static inline int sysfs_add_device_to_node(struct device *dev, int nid)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
index f35ff9dea4fb4607459c10d42a29c47f2984e613..a8c1f99e96072530cb1f2d9ed702dffd78665720 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ void __init emergency_stack_init(void)
 
 static void * __init pcpu_fc_alloc(unsigned int cpu, size_t size, size_t align)
 {
-	return __alloc_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(cpu_to_node(cpu)), size, align,
+	return __alloc_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(early_cpu_to_node(cpu)), size, align,
 				    __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS));
 }
 
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ static void __init pcpu_fc_free(void *ptr, size_t size)
 
 static int pcpu_cpu_distance(unsigned int from, unsigned int to)
 {
-	if (cpu_to_node(from) == cpu_to_node(to))
+	if (early_cpu_to_node(from) == early_cpu_to_node(to))
 		return LOCAL_DISTANCE;
 	else
 		return REMOTE_DISTANCE;