diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4342644c36b9..11350b987588 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 09f5dc44aeff9f792a807a7dca64c1791d98d8c8
+refs/heads/master: f9b4045d6bbb109d066d127549b2beb38fd9bfc4
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index 308268466342..415659629394 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -749,11 +749,12 @@ iSeries_secondary_smp_loop:
 
 	.globl decrementer_iSeries_masked
 decrementer_iSeries_masked:
+	/* We may not have a valid TOC pointer in here. */
 	li	r11,1
 	ld	r12,PACALPPACAPTR(r13)
 	stb	r11,LPPACADECRINT(r12)
-	LOAD_REG_ADDRBASE(r12,tb_ticks_per_jiffy)
-	lwz	r12,ADDROFF(tb_ticks_per_jiffy)(r12)
+	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r12, tb_ticks_per_jiffy)
+	lwz	r12,0(r12)
 	mtspr	SPRN_DEC,r12
 	/* fall through */