diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pmem.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pmem.c
index f860a897a9e0521c37ac7d5b9b3f31475db69527..2347e1038f58bb7d2a903735263c4662474168ea 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pmem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pmem.c
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ const struct of_device_id drc_pmem_match[] = {
 
 static int pseries_pmem_init(void)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Only supported on POWER8 and above.
+	 */
+	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S))
+		return 0;
+
 	pmem_node = of_find_node_by_type(NULL, "ibm,persistent-memory");
 	if (!pmem_node)
 		return 0;