diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 08f81aaf0276..db86656de6c9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 31fc0bd4aab30cac3e3388883b1b62750cc2f648
+refs/heads/master: 029b8f662b24a35aab20a81087822f1badf5463c
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S b/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
index 5ab484ef06a7..562305b40a8e 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ _ENTRY(_start);
 	stw	r5, 0(r4)	/* Save abatron_pteptrs at a fixed location */
 	stw	r6, 0(r5)
 
+	/* Clear the Machine Check Syndrome Register */
+	li	r0,0
+	mtspr	SPRN_MCSR,r0
+
 	/* Let's move on */
 	lis	r4,start_kernel@h
 	ori	r4,r4,start_kernel@l