diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 5aac1a3..6be21e0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@
 	if (! new)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	/*
+	 * Make sure other cpus find the hugepd set only after a
+	 * properly initialized page table is visible to them.
+	 * For more details look for comment in __pte_alloc().
+	 */
+	smp_wmb();
+
 	spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E
 	/*