diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b85180004758..6a7b7534dec7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8af302e2dc91d4229968b8eedd4b45c0dd9fc717
+refs/heads/master: 1b70c5a6491dd02263e6d104b72d9b536f987021
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index 024805e1747d..25e84c0e1166 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -1517,10 +1517,6 @@ _INIT_STATIC(start_here_multiplatform)
 	addi	r2,r2,0x4000
 	add	r2,r2,r26
 
-	/* Set initial ptr to current */
-	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r4, init_task)
-	std	r4,PACACURRENT(r13)
-
 	/* Do very early kernel initializations, including initial hash table,
 	 * stab and slb setup before we turn on relocation.	*/