diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
index c1185c8ecb22..5d8be076f8e5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
@@ -28,9 +28,13 @@
 static int native_register_process_table(unsigned long base, unsigned long pg_sz,
 					 unsigned long table_size)
 {
-	unsigned long patb1 = base | table_size | PATB_GR;
+	unsigned long patb0, patb1;
+
+	patb0 = be64_to_cpu(partition_tb[0].patb0);
+	patb1 = base | table_size | PATB_GR;
+
+	mmu_partition_table_set_entry(0, patb0, patb1);
 
-	partition_tb->patb1 = cpu_to_be64(patb1);
 	return 0;
 }