diff --git a/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c b/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c
index 6e5b01d..0c9995c 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <asm/tsb.h>
 #include <asm/hypervisor.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
+#include <asm/sstate.h>
 
 extern void device_scan(void);
 
@@ -1348,6 +1349,8 @@
 	kern_base = (prom_boot_mapping_phys_low >> 22UL) << 22UL;
 	kern_size = (unsigned long)&_end - (unsigned long)KERNBASE;
 
+	sstate_booting();
+
 	/* Invalidate both kernel TSBs.  */
 	memset(swapper_tsb, 0x40, sizeof(swapper_tsb));
 #ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC