diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
index d276cd3edd8f51641db54dfb459cb2efe4fa7f91..2498d4d801e8d0a6ca09c5875f9d20260a4cc2a6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
@@ -429,9 +429,6 @@ static int __init pseries_nvram_init_os_partition(struct nvram_os_partition
 	loff_t p;
 	int size;
 
-	/* Scan nvram for partitions */
-	nvram_scan_partitions();
-
 	/* Look for ours */
 	p = nvram_find_partition(part->name, NVRAM_SIG_OS, &size);
 
@@ -795,6 +792,9 @@ static int __init pseries_nvram_init_log_partitions(void)
 {
 	int rc;
 
+	/* Scan nvram for partitions */
+	nvram_scan_partitions();
+
 	rc = pseries_nvram_init_os_partition(&rtas_log_partition);
 	nvram_init_oops_partition(rc == 0);
 	return 0;