diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
index 2b27458902ee888d1ba3480191497c105a184e94..bf150557dba82f51e16955bf0e3da598813a059e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
@@ -83,11 +83,10 @@ static struct slice_mask slice_range_to_mask(unsigned long start,
 	struct slice_mask ret = { 0, 0 };
 
 	if (start < SLICE_LOW_TOP) {
-		unsigned long mend = min(end, SLICE_LOW_TOP);
-		unsigned long mstart = min(start, SLICE_LOW_TOP);
+		unsigned long mend = min(end, (SLICE_LOW_TOP - 1));
 
 		ret.low_slices = (1u << (GET_LOW_SLICE_INDEX(mend) + 1))
-			- (1u << GET_LOW_SLICE_INDEX(mstart));
+			- (1u << GET_LOW_SLICE_INDEX(start));
 	}
 
 	if ((start + len) > SLICE_LOW_TOP)