diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index acc0d247d3c3a83920c92cb11f33639a86e8da1b..6c2d8836f77dcf9b87c80db13b738449ca1bcdeb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -583,6 +583,20 @@ static void __init check_cpu_pa_features(unsigned long node)
 		      ibm_pa_features, ARRAY_SIZE(ibm_pa_features));
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+static void __init check_cpu_slb_size(unsigned long node)
+{
+	u32 *slb_size_ptr;
+
+	slb_size_ptr = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "ibm,slb-size", NULL);
+	if (slb_size_ptr != NULL) {
+		mmu_slb_size = *slb_size_ptr;
+	}
+}
+#else
+#define check_cpu_slb_size(node) do { } while(0)
+#endif
+
 static struct feature_property {
 	const char *name;
 	u32 min_value;
@@ -713,6 +727,7 @@ static int __init early_init_dt_scan_cpus(unsigned long node,
 
 	check_cpu_feature_properties(node);
 	check_cpu_pa_features(node);
+	check_cpu_slb_size(node);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES
 	if (nthreads > 1)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
index f09730bf3a335bc20de567bd5e596b727317faca..cbbd8b0bc8f4070d37243491be3e3a0025be88d6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ int mmu_vmalloc_psize = MMU_PAGE_4K;
 int mmu_io_psize = MMU_PAGE_4K;
 int mmu_kernel_ssize = MMU_SEGSIZE_256M;
 int mmu_highuser_ssize = MMU_SEGSIZE_256M;
+u16 mmu_slb_size = 64;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
 int mmu_huge_psize = MMU_PAGE_16M;
 unsigned int HPAGE_SHIFT;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c
index 27922dff8b94e34614890f7764ce10c014b6fb65..3cf0802cd2b6b23078dc3d12aeb254480a563771 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ void slb_initialize(void)
 	static int slb_encoding_inited;
 	extern unsigned int *slb_miss_kernel_load_linear;
 	extern unsigned int *slb_miss_kernel_load_io;
+	extern unsigned int *slb_compare_rr_to_size;
 
 	/* Prepare our SLB miss handler based on our page size */
 	linear_llp = mmu_psize_defs[mmu_linear_psize].sllp;
@@ -269,6 +270,8 @@ void slb_initialize(void)
 				   SLB_VSID_KERNEL | linear_llp);
 		patch_slb_encoding(slb_miss_kernel_load_io,
 				   SLB_VSID_KERNEL | io_llp);
+		patch_slb_encoding(slb_compare_rr_to_size,
+				   mmu_slb_size);
 
 		DBG("SLB: linear  LLP = %04x\n", linear_llp);
 		DBG("SLB: io      LLP = %04x\n", io_llp);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/slb_low.S b/arch/powerpc/mm/slb_low.S
index 1328a81a84aa16d46bb11cb9ba207a6848354f07..657f6b37e9df58892fe4ece4a2a02eef51fe7d44 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/slb_low.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/slb_low.S
@@ -227,8 +227,9 @@ END_FW_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(FW_FEATURE_ISERIES)
 
 7:	ld	r10,PACASTABRR(r13)
 	addi	r10,r10,1
-	/* use a cpu feature mask if we ever change our slb size */
-	cmpldi	r10,SLB_NUM_ENTRIES
+	/* This gets soft patched on boot. */
+_GLOBAL(slb_compare_rr_to_size)
+	cmpldi	r10,0
 
 	blt+	4f
 	li	r10,SLB_NUM_BOLTED
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c
index 5748194a667fcffa4f5d67c7eb65b987cd5e925f..6d7d068ceba099be37ea5ec6c2542a2838991ffc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <asm/mpic.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
 #include <asm/time.h>
+#include <asm/mmu.h>
 
 #include <pcmcia/ss.h>
 #include <pcmcia/cistpl.h>
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ static int pas_machine_check_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		int i;
 
 		printk(KERN_ERR "slb contents:\n");
-		for (i = 0; i < SLB_NUM_ENTRIES; i++) {
+		for (i = 0; i < mmu_slb_size; i++) {
 			asm volatile("slbmfee  %0,%1" : "=r" (e) : "r" (i));
 			asm volatile("slbmfev  %0,%1" : "=r" (v) : "r" (i));
 			printk(KERN_ERR "%02d %016lx %016lx\n", i, e, v);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
index 381d467cf55b80bc45963167cdd2c14105e16bea..c60d123e9f1f88dba595c6e29a90a6e17bd2c12b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
@@ -2543,7 +2543,7 @@ static void dump_slb(void)
 
 	printf("SLB contents of cpu %x\n", smp_processor_id());
 
-	for (i = 0; i < SLB_NUM_ENTRIES; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < mmu_slb_size; i++) {
 		asm volatile("slbmfee  %0,%1" : "=r" (tmp) : "r" (i));
 		printf("%02d %016lx ", i, tmp);
 
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/mmu-hash64.h b/include/asm-powerpc/mmu-hash64.h
index 82328dec2b527d2ecdd05b0694ca2d8562c0558d..12e5e773c67e765b6c1efbc1bae9e2a44fba8641 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/mmu-hash64.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/mmu-hash64.h
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ extern int mmu_vmalloc_psize;
 extern int mmu_io_psize;
 extern int mmu_kernel_ssize;
 extern int mmu_highuser_ssize;
+extern u16 mmu_slb_size;
 
 /*
  * If the processor supports 64k normal pages but not 64k cache
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/reg.h b/include/asm-powerpc/reg.h
index e775ff1ca413e96ff5cf8b926f1b08c6105f58bf..1f685047c6ffe80c983a5bff36e53777206ff7bb 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/reg.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/reg.h
@@ -691,12 +691,6 @@
 #define PV_BE		0x0070
 #define PV_PA6T		0x0090
 
-/*
- * Number of entries in the SLB. If this ever changes we should handle
- * it with a use a cpu feature fixup.
- */
-#define SLB_NUM_ENTRIES 64
-
 /* Macros for setting and retrieving special purpose registers */
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 #define mfmsr()		({unsigned long rval; \