diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index e86a749173e64..4f08161f09b9c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -803,9 +803,8 @@ static void __init pSeries_setup_arch(void)
 	fwnmi_init();
 
 	pseries_setup_security_mitigations();
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_64S_HASH_MMU
-	pseries_lpar_read_hblkrm_characteristics();
-#endif
+	if (!radix_enabled())
+		pseries_lpar_read_hblkrm_characteristics();
 
 	/* By default, only probe PCI (can be overridden by rtas_pci) */
 	pci_add_flags(PCI_PROBE_ONLY);