diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
index af7a20dc6e0934e0945c95e21c7b1eb07e11fdd1..80b6caaa9b92e66b8629fe197ba7124290332657 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
@@ -785,9 +785,9 @@ dma_addr_t iommu_map_page(struct device *dev, struct iommu_table *tbl,
 
 	vaddr = page_address(page) + offset;
 	uaddr = (unsigned long)vaddr;
-	npages = iommu_num_pages(uaddr, size, IOMMU_PAGE_SIZE(tbl));
 
 	if (tbl) {
+		npages = iommu_num_pages(uaddr, size, IOMMU_PAGE_SIZE(tbl));
 		align = 0;
 		if (tbl->it_page_shift < PAGE_SHIFT && size >= PAGE_SIZE &&
 		    ((unsigned long)vaddr & ~PAGE_MASK) == 0)