diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s32/mmu.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s32/mmu.c
index 5d7d35eb96fba..50a1991d257f5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s32/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s32/mmu.c
@@ -319,6 +319,8 @@ void hash_preload(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long ea)
 void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		      pte_t *ptep)
 {
+	if (!mmu_has_feature(MMU_FTR_HPTE_TABLE))
+		return;
 	/*
 	 * We don't need to worry about _PAGE_PRESENT here because we are
 	 * called with either mm->page_table_lock held or ptl lock held