diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/system.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/system.h
index 2b2420a498843245dc5ec32e1a16496e5bd7561a..bb8e006a47c67655d9f68d2608abd438e0e21d48 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/system.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/system.h
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ extern struct task_struct *_switch(struct thread_struct *prev,
 
 extern unsigned int rtas_data;
 extern int mem_init_done;	/* set on boot once kmalloc can be called */
-extern int init_bootmem_done;	/* set on !NUMA once bootmem is available */
+extern int init_bootmem_done;	/* set once bootmem is available */
 extern phys_addr_t memory_limit;
 extern unsigned long klimit;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
index 9047145095aa81ef8e04147ed92ea96155e08b1a..b037d95eeadcc0380b34901f8113518f3bf53fa7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
@@ -981,6 +981,8 @@ void __init do_init_bootmem(void)
 		mark_reserved_regions_for_nid(nid);
 		sparse_memory_present_with_active_regions(nid);
 	}
+
+	init_bootmem_done = 1;
 }
 
 void __init paging_init(void)