diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 0a894cafb1ddcbc43b40303b62db4678d272ea72..f09ac4806294007a883b0a472ed2d6654a7ef19f 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -33,20 +33,12 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define PREEMPT_ACTIVE		0x10000000
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_4KSTACKS)
-#define THREAD_SIZE_ORDER	(0)
-#elif defined(CONFIG_PAGE_SIZE_4KB)
-#define THREAD_SIZE_ORDER	(1)
-#elif defined(CONFIG_PAGE_SIZE_8KB)
-#define THREAD_SIZE_ORDER	(1)
-#elif defined(CONFIG_PAGE_SIZE_16KB)
-#define THREAD_SIZE_ORDER	(0)
-#elif defined(CONFIG_PAGE_SIZE_64KB)
-#define THREAD_SIZE_ORDER	(0)
+#define THREAD_SHIFT	12
 #else
-#error "Unknown thread size"
+#define THREAD_SHIFT	13
 #endif
 
-#define THREAD_SIZE	(PAGE_SIZE << THREAD_SIZE_ORDER)
+#define THREAD_SIZE	(1 << THREAD_SHIFT)
 #define STACK_WARN	(THREAD_SIZE >> 3)
 
 /*
@@ -94,15 +86,19 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 	return ti;
 }
 
+/* thread information allocation */
+#if THREAD_SHIFT >= PAGE_SHIFT
+
+#define THREAD_SIZE_ORDER	(THREAD_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT)
+
+#else /* THREAD_SHIFT < PAGE_SHIFT */
+
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_THREAD_INFO_ALLOCATOR
 
-/* thread information allocation */
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
-#define alloc_thread_info(ti)	kzalloc(THREAD_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL)
-#else
-#define alloc_thread_info(ti)	kmalloc(THREAD_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL)
-#endif
-#define free_thread_info(ti)	kfree(ti)
+extern struct thread_info *alloc_thread_info(struct task_struct *tsk);
+extern void free_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti);
+ 
+#endif /* THREAD_SHIFT < PAGE_SHIFT */
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/init.c b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
index 31211bfdc6d8481f8d8e02ff918d88e40a972fb0..2a53943924b2c99479e3c748a31acf9db45494d1 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
@@ -265,6 +265,35 @@ void free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 }
 #endif
 
+#if THREAD_SHIFT < PAGE_SHIFT
+static struct kmem_cache *thread_info_cache;
+
+struct thread_info *alloc_thread_info(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	struct thread_info *ti;
+
+	ti = kmem_cache_alloc(thread_info_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (unlikely(ti == NULL))
+		return NULL;
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
+	memset(ti, 0, THREAD_SIZE);
+#endif
+	return ti;
+}
+
+void free_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti)
+{
+	kmem_cache_free(thread_info_cache, ti);
+}
+
+void thread_info_cache_init(void)
+{
+	thread_info_cache = kmem_cache_create("thread_info", THREAD_SIZE,
+					      THREAD_SIZE, 0, NULL);
+	BUG_ON(thread_info_cache == NULL);
+}
+#endif /* THREAD_SHIFT < PAGE_SHIFT */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
 {