diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
index c334f53453f708ea64c7d9c1322cc92418a5b687..b5061abbd2e0c1df269f424905f56c5e429167b1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
@@ -1210,10 +1210,12 @@ clear_utlb_entry:
 
 	/* We configure icbi to invalidate 128 bytes at a time since the
 	 * current 32-bit kernel code isn't too happy with icache != dcache
-	 * block size
+	 * block size. We also disable the BTAC as this can cause errors
+	 * in some circumstances (see IBM Erratum 47).
 	 */
 	mfspr	r3,SPRN_CCR0
 	oris	r3,r3,0x0020
+	ori	r3,r3,0x0040
 	mtspr	SPRN_CCR0,r3
 	isync