diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
index ce6f56980aefd2902bfae849eb90a993295976eb..cf190728360bbfb43621d23a7fb3a22c443a7399 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ extern unsigned long pfn_base;
  * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used
  * for zero-mapped memory areas etc..
  */
-extern unsigned long empty_zero_page;
+extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)];
 
-#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(&empty_zero_page))
+#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(empty_zero_page))
 
 /*
  * In general all page table modifications should use the V8 atomic
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/setup.h
index 478bf6bb4598b345dd7f590beee86f43893e7645..3fae200dd251f094bad756ef145ec39882470d8e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ extern char reboot_command[];
  */
 extern unsigned char boot_cpu_id;
 
-extern unsigned long empty_zero_page;
+extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)];
 
 extern int serial_console;
 static inline int con_is_present(void)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c
index c6afe98de4d9aba5ebad292031735988afd8180d..3bd0d513bddbde7f95275be6e3ae94bd26729c6f 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 
 
 	/* Saves us work later. */
-	memset((void *)&empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
+	memset((void *)empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	i = last_valid_pfn >> ((20 - PAGE_SHIFT) + 5);
 	i += 1;