diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1adf17bc6112..406add88e46b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 155bb14482cc567761c13b4efc064de400c55e18
+refs/heads/master: c4e1f6f6bf82af89994a0ee760fc5e036c4d3c1f
diff --git a/trunk/arch/arm/mm/mm-armv.c b/trunk/arch/arm/mm/mm-armv.c
index 2a514b05cd5c..fa60fd65fcf8 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/arm/mm/mm-armv.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/arm/mm/mm-armv.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ pgprot_t pgprot_kernel;
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pgprot_kernel);
 
+pmd_t *top_pmd;
+
 struct cachepolicy {
 	const char	policy[16];
 	unsigned int	cr_mask;
@@ -682,6 +684,8 @@ void __init memtable_init(struct meminfo *mi)
 
 	flush_cache_all();
 	flush_tlb_all();
+
+	top_pmd = pmd_off_k(VECTORS_HIGH);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/trunk/include/asm-arm/page.h b/trunk/include/asm-arm/page.h
index 4ca3a8e9348f..d26d1574d972 100644
--- a/trunk/include/asm-arm/page.h
+++ b/trunk/include/asm-arm/page.h
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ typedef unsigned long pgprot_t;
 
 #endif /* STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS */
 
+/* the upper-most page table pointer */
+extern pmd_t *top_pmd;
+
 /* Pure 2^n version of get_order */
 static inline int get_order(unsigned long size)
 {