diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
index 3ef51fb6f107a57d3ca82f4c18ddfd84f689ce3a..9c74fdf29eeccc8f5c56adb7b1a5c98fc09a21e3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ int btext_initialize(struct device_node *np)
 		pitch = *prop;
 	if (pitch == 1)
 		pitch = 0x1000;
-	prop = of_get_property(np, "address", NULL);
+	prop = of_get_property(np, "linux,bootx-addr", NULL);
+	if (prop == NULL)
+		prop = of_get_property(np, "address", NULL);
 	if (prop)
 		address = *prop;