diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index e96521530d21..030d300cd71c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -303,5 +303,8 @@ int main(void)
 	DEFINE(NSEC_PER_SEC, NSEC_PER_SEC);
 	DEFINE(CLOCK_REALTIME_RES, TICK_NSEC);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BUG
+	DEFINE(BUG_ENTRY_SIZE, sizeof(struct bug_entry));
+#endif
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index 1a3d4de197d2..2551c0884afc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
 #include <asm/cputable.h>
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
+#include <asm/bug.h>
 
 /*
  * System calls.
@@ -634,19 +635,15 @@ _GLOBAL(enter_rtas)
 	li	r0,0
 	mtcr	r0
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BUG	
 	/* There is no way it is acceptable to get here with interrupts enabled,
 	 * check it with the asm equivalent of WARN_ON
 	 */
 	lbz	r0,PACASOFTIRQEN(r13)
 1:	tdnei	r0,0
-.section __bug_table,"a"
-	.llong	1b,__LINE__ + 0x1000000, 1f, 2f
-.previous
-.section .rodata,"a"
-1:	.asciz	__FILE__
-2:	.asciz "enter_rtas"
-.previous
-
+	EMIT_BUG_ENTRY 1b,__FILE__,__LINE__,BUGFLAG_WARNING
+#endif
+	
 	/* Hard-disable interrupts */
 	mfmsr	r6
 	rldicl	r7,r6,48,1
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/bug.h b/include/asm-powerpc/bug.h
index 709568879f73..f6fa39474846 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/bug.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/bug.h
@@ -11,10 +11,31 @@
 #define BUG_OPCODE .long 0x00b00b00  /* For asm */
 #define BUG_ILLEGAL_INSTR "0x00b00b00" /* For BUG macro */
 
-#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_BUG
 
+#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
+.macro EMIT_BUG_ENTRY addr,file,line,flags
+	 .section __bug_table,"a"
+5001:	 PPC_LONG \addr, 5002f
+	 .short \line, \flags
+	 .org 5001b+BUG_ENTRY_SIZE
+	 .previous
+	 .section .rodata,"a"
+5002:	 .asciz "\file"
+	 .previous
+.endm
+#else
+ .macro EMIT_BUG_ENTRY addr,file,line,flags
+	 .section __bug_table,"a"
+5001:	 PPC_LONG \addr
+	 .short \flags
+	 .org 5001b+BUG_ENTRY_SIZE
+	 .previous
+.endm
+#endif /* verbose */
+
+#else /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 /* _EMIT_BUG_ENTRY expects args %0,%1,%2,%3 to be FILE, LINE, flags and
    sizeof(struct bug_entry), respectively */
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
@@ -91,8 +112,8 @@
 #define HAVE_ARCH_BUG
 #define HAVE_ARCH_BUG_ON
 #define HAVE_ARCH_WARN_ON
-#endif /* CONFIG_BUG */
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY __ */
+#endif /* CONFIG_BUG */
 
 #include <asm-generic/bug.h>