diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
index 0032b662284c4cddc1f65c0cd070adf837da8fae..98c9ab37593cf18fd8035ee53b09d0aea702372b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
@@ -144,16 +144,10 @@ static inline unsigned long radix__pte_update(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		 * new value of pte
 		 */
 		new_pte = (old_pte | set) & ~clr;
-		/*
-		 * If we are trying to clear the pte, we can skip
-		 * the below sequence and batch the tlb flush. The
-		 * tlb flush batching is done by mmu gather code
-		 */
-		if (new_pte) {
-			asm volatile("ptesync" : : : "memory");
-			radix__flush_tlb_pte_p9_dd1(old_pte, mm, addr);
+		asm volatile("ptesync" : : : "memory");
+		radix__flush_tlb_pte_p9_dd1(old_pte, mm, addr);
+		if (new_pte)
 			__radix_pte_update(ptep, 0, new_pte);
-		}
 	} else
 		old_pte = __radix_pte_update(ptep, clr, set);
 	asm volatile("ptesync" : : : "memory");