diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index be5560a2e44187b5873daf6e9c0c5800bbeb0549..da09242934964a34a3c5f2f1789c20bf026c5a62 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -1976,17 +1976,6 @@ _STATIC(start_here_common)
 	/* Not reached */
 	BUG_OPCODE
 
-/* Put the paca pointer into r13 and SPRG3 */
-_GLOBAL(setup_boot_paca)
-	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r3, boot_cpuid)
-	lwz	r3,0(r3)
-	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r4, paca) 	/* Get base vaddr of paca array	 */
-	mulli	r3,r3,PACA_SIZE		/* Calculate vaddr of right paca */
-	add	r13,r3,r4		/* for this processor.		 */
-	mtspr	SPRN_SPRG3,r13
-
-	blr
-
 /*
  * We put a few things here that have to be page-aligned.
  * This stuff goes at the beginning of the bss, which is page-aligned.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
index cc26530145db6e4f0c51286c8b172a23394d1390..a2fb2e627aadb9e067f8329d2b4852f54924fcf8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -149,6 +149,13 @@ early_param("smt-enabled", early_smt_enabled);
 #define check_smt_enabled()
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
+/* Put the paca pointer into r13 and SPRG3 */
+void __init setup_paca(int cpu)
+{
+	local_paca = &paca[cpu];
+	mtspr(SPRN_SPRG3, local_paca);
+}
+
 /*
  * Early initialization entry point. This is called by head.S
  * with MMU translation disabled. We rely on the "feature" of
@@ -183,7 +190,7 @@ void __init early_setup(unsigned long dt_ptr)
 	early_init_devtree(__va(dt_ptr));
 
 	/* Now we know the logical id of our boot cpu, setup the paca. */
-	setup_boot_paca();
+	setup_paca(boot_cpuid);
 
 	/* Fix up paca fields required for the boot cpu */
 	get_paca()->cpu_start = 1;