diff --git a/include/asm-ppc/pgalloc.h b/include/asm-ppc/pgalloc.h
index 931b6de7ef536aa6688ffffc1884fecbe6be62dc..bdefd1c4a5581b5a4317587bd2377e075ea7ed81 100644
--- a/include/asm-ppc/pgalloc.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc/pgalloc.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extern void pgd_free(pgd_t *pgd);
 #define pmd_populate_kernel(mm, pmd, pte)	\
 		(pmd_val(*(pmd)) = (unsigned long)pte | _PMD_PRESENT)
 #define pmd_populate(mm, pmd, pte)	\
-		(pmd_val(*(pmd)) = (unsigned long)page_to_virt(pte) | _PMD_PRESENT)
+		(pmd_val(*(pmd)) = (unsigned long)lowmem_page_address(pte) | _PMD_PRESENT)
 #endif
 
 extern pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr);