diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/iommu.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/iommu.c
index 8e57e1af3785..187a723eafcd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/iommu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/iommu.c
@@ -306,50 +306,54 @@ static int cell_iommu_find_ioc(int nid, unsigned long *base)
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
-static void cell_iommu_setup_page_tables(struct cbe_iommu *iommu,
+static void cell_iommu_setup_stab(struct cbe_iommu *iommu,
 				unsigned long dbase, unsigned long dsize,
 				unsigned long fbase, unsigned long fsize)
 {
 	struct page *page;
-	int i;
-	unsigned long reg, segments, pages_per_segment, ptab_size, stab_size,
-		      n_pte_pages, base;
-
-	base = dbase;
-	if (fsize != 0)
-		base = min(fbase, dbase);
+	unsigned long segments, stab_size;
 
 	segments = max(dbase + dsize, fbase + fsize) >> IO_SEGMENT_SHIFT;
-	pages_per_segment = 1ull << IO_PAGENO_BITS;
 
-	pr_debug("%s: iommu[%d]: segments: %lu, pages per segment: %lu\n",
-			__FUNCTION__, iommu->nid, segments, pages_per_segment);
+	pr_debug("%s: iommu[%d]: segments: %lu\n",
+			__FUNCTION__, iommu->nid, segments);
 
 	/* set up the segment table */
 	stab_size = segments * sizeof(unsigned long);
 	page = alloc_pages_node(iommu->nid, GFP_KERNEL, get_order(stab_size));
 	BUG_ON(!page);
 	iommu->stab = page_address(page);
-	clear_page(iommu->stab);
+	memset(iommu->stab, 0, stab_size);
+}
+
+static unsigned long *cell_iommu_alloc_ptab(struct cbe_iommu *iommu,
+		unsigned long base, unsigned long size, unsigned long gap_base,
+		unsigned long gap_size)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+	int i;
+	unsigned long reg, segments, pages_per_segment, ptab_size,
+		      n_pte_pages, start_seg, *ptab;
+
+	start_seg = base >> IO_SEGMENT_SHIFT;
+	segments  = size >> IO_SEGMENT_SHIFT;
+	pages_per_segment = 1ull << IO_PAGENO_BITS;
 
-	/* ... and the page tables. Since these are contiguous, we can treat
-	 * the page tables as one array of ptes, like pSeries does.
-	 */
 	ptab_size = segments * pages_per_segment * sizeof(unsigned long);
 	pr_debug("%s: iommu[%d]: ptab_size: %lu, order: %d\n", __FUNCTION__,
 			iommu->nid, ptab_size, get_order(ptab_size));
 	page = alloc_pages_node(iommu->nid, GFP_KERNEL, get_order(ptab_size));
 	BUG_ON(!page);
 
-	iommu->ptab = page_address(page);
-	memset(iommu->ptab, 0, ptab_size);
+	ptab = page_address(page);
+	memset(ptab, 0, ptab_size);
 
 	/* number of pages needed for a page table */
 	n_pte_pages = (pages_per_segment *
 		       sizeof(unsigned long)) >> IOMMU_PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 	pr_debug("%s: iommu[%d]: stab at %p, ptab at %p, n_pte_pages: %lu\n",
-			__FUNCTION__, iommu->nid, iommu->stab, iommu->ptab,
+			__FUNCTION__, iommu->nid, iommu->stab, ptab,
 			n_pte_pages);
 
 	/* initialise the STEs */
@@ -364,12 +368,21 @@ static void cell_iommu_setup_page_tables(struct cbe_iommu *iommu,
 		__unknown_page_size_error();
 	}
 
+	gap_base = gap_base >> IO_SEGMENT_SHIFT;
+	gap_size = gap_size >> IO_SEGMENT_SHIFT;
+
 	pr_debug("Setting up IOMMU stab:\n");
-	for (i = base >> IO_SEGMENT_SHIFT; i < segments; i++) {
-		iommu->stab[i] = reg |
-			(__pa(iommu->ptab) + n_pte_pages * IOMMU_PAGE_SIZE * i);
+	for (i = start_seg; i < (start_seg + segments); i++) {
+		if (i >= gap_base && i < (gap_base + gap_size)) {
+			pr_debug("\toverlap at %d, skipping\n", i);
+			continue;
+		}
+		iommu->stab[i] = reg | (__pa(ptab) + n_pte_pages *
+					IOMMU_PAGE_SIZE * (i - start_seg));
 		pr_debug("\t[%d] 0x%016lx\n", i, iommu->stab[i]);
 	}
+
+	return ptab;
 }
 
 static void cell_iommu_enable_hardware(struct cbe_iommu *iommu)
@@ -416,7 +429,8 @@ static void cell_iommu_enable_hardware(struct cbe_iommu *iommu)
 static void cell_iommu_setup_hardware(struct cbe_iommu *iommu,
 	unsigned long base, unsigned long size)
 {
-	cell_iommu_setup_page_tables(iommu, base, size, 0, 0);
+	cell_iommu_setup_stab(iommu, base, size, 0, 0);
+	iommu->ptab = cell_iommu_alloc_ptab(iommu, base, size, 0, 0);
 	cell_iommu_enable_hardware(iommu);
 }
 
@@ -870,8 +884,10 @@ static void cell_iommu_setup_fixed_ptab(struct cbe_iommu *iommu,
 	struct device_node *np, unsigned long dbase, unsigned long dsize,
 	unsigned long fbase, unsigned long fsize)
 {
-	unsigned long base_pte, uaddr, *io_pte;
 	int i;
+	unsigned long base_pte, uaddr, *io_pte, *ptab;
+
+	ptab = cell_iommu_alloc_ptab(iommu, fbase, fsize, dbase, dsize);
 
 	dma_iommu_fixed_base = fbase;
 
@@ -883,7 +899,7 @@ static void cell_iommu_setup_fixed_ptab(struct cbe_iommu *iommu,
 
 	pr_debug("iommu: mapping 0x%lx pages from 0x%lx\n", fsize, fbase);
 
-	io_pte = iommu->ptab;
+	io_pte = ptab;
 	base_pte = IOPTE_PP_W | IOPTE_PP_R | IOPTE_M | IOPTE_SO_RW
 		    | (cell_iommu_get_ioid(np) & IOPTE_IOID_Mask);
 
@@ -894,7 +910,7 @@ static void cell_iommu_setup_fixed_ptab(struct cbe_iommu *iommu,
 			pr_debug("iommu: fixed/dynamic overlap, skipping\n");
 			continue;
 		}
-		io_pte[i] = base_pte | (__pa(uaddr) & IOPTE_RPN_Mask);
+		io_pte[i - fbase] = base_pte | (__pa(uaddr) & IOPTE_RPN_Mask);
 	}
 
 	mb();
@@ -992,7 +1008,8 @@ static int __init cell_iommu_fixed_mapping_init(void)
 			"fixed window 0x%lx-0x%lx\n", iommu->nid, dbase,
 			 dbase + dsize, fbase, fbase + fsize);
 
-		cell_iommu_setup_page_tables(iommu, dbase, dsize, fbase, fsize);
+		cell_iommu_setup_stab(iommu, dbase, dsize, fbase, fsize);
+		iommu->ptab = cell_iommu_alloc_ptab(iommu, dbase, dsize, 0, 0);
 		cell_iommu_setup_fixed_ptab(iommu, np, dbase, dsize,
 					     fbase, fsize);
 		cell_iommu_enable_hardware(iommu);