diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
index 15234ed3a341..ac4b304bea30 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ ENTRY(ia64_leave_syscall)
 	ld8.fill r15=[r3]			// M0|1 restore r15
 	mov b6=r18				// I0   restore b6
 
-	addl r17=THIS_CPU(ia64_phys_stacked_size_p8),r0 // A
+	LOAD_PHYS_STACK_REG_SIZE(r17)
 	mov f9=f0					// F    clear f9
 (pKStk) br.cond.dpnt.many skip_rbs_switch		// B
 
@@ -775,7 +775,6 @@ ENTRY(ia64_leave_syscall)
 	shr.u r18=r19,16		// I0|1 get byte size of existing "dirty" partition
 	cover				// B    add current frame into dirty partition & set cr.ifs
 	;;
-(pUStk) ld4 r17=[r17]			// M0|1 r17 = cpu_data->phys_stacked_size_p8
 	mov r19=ar.bsp			// M2   get new backing store pointer
 	mov f10=f0			// F    clear f10
 
@@ -953,9 +952,7 @@ GLOBAL_ENTRY(ia64_leave_kernel)
 	shr.u r18=r19,16	// get byte size of existing "dirty" partition
 	;;
 	mov r16=ar.bsp		// get existing backing store pointer
-	addl r17=THIS_CPU(ia64_phys_stacked_size_p8),r0
-	;;
-	ld4 r17=[r17]		// r17 = cpu_data->phys_stacked_size_p8
+	LOAD_PHYS_STACK_REG_SIZE(r17)
 (pKStk)	br.cond.dpnt skip_rbs_switch
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/patch.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/patch.c
index bc11bb096f58..e796e29f8e15 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/patch.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/patch.c
@@ -195,3 +195,23 @@ ia64_patch_gate (void)
 	ia64_patch_vtop(START(vtop), END(vtop));
 	ia64_patch_mckinley_e9(START(mckinley_e9), END(mckinley_e9));
 }
+
+void ia64_patch_phys_stack_reg(unsigned long val)
+{
+	s32 * offp = (s32 *) __start___phys_stack_reg_patchlist;
+	s32 * end = (s32 *) __end___phys_stack_reg_patchlist;
+	u64 ip, mask, imm;
+
+	/* see instruction format A4: adds r1 = imm13, r3 */
+	mask = (0x3fUL << 27) | (0x7f << 13);
+	imm = (((val >> 7) & 0x3f) << 27) | (val & 0x7f) << 13;
+
+	while (offp < end) {
+		ip = (u64) offp + *offp;
+		ia64_patch(ip, mask, imm);
+		ia64_fc(ip);
+		++offp;
+	}
+	ia64_sync_i();
+	ia64_srlz_i();
+}
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index ad567b8d432e..f167b89f24eb 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ extern void ia64_setup_printk_clock(void);
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpuinfo_ia64, cpu_info);
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, local_per_cpu_offset);
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, ia64_phys_stacked_size_p8);
 unsigned long ia64_cycles_per_usec;
 struct ia64_boot_param *ia64_boot_param;
 struct screen_info screen_info;
@@ -836,6 +835,7 @@ void __cpuinit
 cpu_init (void)
 {
 	extern void __cpuinit ia64_mmu_init (void *);
+	static unsigned long max_num_phys_stacked = IA64_NUM_PHYS_STACK_REG;
 	unsigned long num_phys_stacked;
 	pal_vm_info_2_u_t vmi;
 	unsigned int max_ctx;
@@ -949,7 +949,10 @@ cpu_init (void)
 		num_phys_stacked = 96;
 	}
 	/* size of physical stacked register partition plus 8 bytes: */
-	__get_cpu_var(ia64_phys_stacked_size_p8) = num_phys_stacked*8 + 8;
+	if (num_phys_stacked > max_num_phys_stacked) {
+		ia64_patch_phys_stack_reg(num_phys_stacked*8 + 8);
+		max_num_phys_stacked = num_phys_stacked;
+	}
 	platform_cpu_init();
 	pm_idle = default_idle;
 }
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index d6083a0936f4..d9599dcac787 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ SECTIONS
 	  __stop___mca_table = .;
 	}
 
+  .data.patch.phys_stack_reg : AT(ADDR(.data.patch.phys_stack_reg) - LOAD_OFFSET)
+	{
+	  __start___phys_stack_reg_patchlist = .;
+	  *(.data.patch.phys_stack_reg)
+	  __end___phys_stack_reg_patchlist = .;
+	}
+
   /* Global data */
   _data = .;
 
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/asmmacro.h b/include/asm-ia64/asmmacro.h
index c22b4658fc61..c1642fd64029 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/asmmacro.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/asmmacro.h
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@ name:
 # define FSYS_RETURN	br.ret.sptk.many b6
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * If physical stack register size is different from DEF_NUM_STACK_REG,
+ * dynamically patch the kernel for correct size.
+ */
+	.section ".data.patch.phys_stack_reg", "a"
+	.previous
+#define LOAD_PHYS_STACK_REG_SIZE(reg)			\
+[1:]	adds reg=IA64_NUM_PHYS_STACK_REG*8+8,r0;	\
+	.xdata4 ".data.patch.phys_stack_reg", 1b-.
+
 /*
  * Up until early 2004, use of .align within a function caused bad unwind info.
  * TEXT_ALIGN(n) expands into ".align n" if a fixed GAS is available or into nothing
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/patch.h b/include/asm-ia64/patch.h
index 4797f3535e6d..a71543084fb4 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/patch.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/patch.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ extern void ia64_patch_imm60 (u64 insn_addr, u64 val);		/* patch "brl" w/ip-rel
 
 extern void ia64_patch_mckinley_e9 (unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
 extern void ia64_patch_vtop (unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
+extern void ia64_patch_phys_stack_reg(unsigned long val);
 extern void ia64_patch_gate (void);
 
 #endif /* _ASM_IA64_PATCH_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/processor.h b/include/asm-ia64/processor.h
index 5830d36fd8e6..88c728b9ff45 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/processor.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/ustack.h>
 
+#define IA64_NUM_PHYS_STACK_REG	96
 #define IA64_NUM_DBG_REGS	8
 
 #define DEFAULT_MAP_BASE	__IA64_UL_CONST(0x2000000000000000)
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/sections.h b/include/asm-ia64/sections.h
index e9eb7f62d32b..dc42a359894f 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/sections.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/sections.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 extern char __per_cpu_start[], __per_cpu_end[], __phys_per_cpu_start[];
 extern char __start___vtop_patchlist[], __end___vtop_patchlist[];
 extern char __start___mckinley_e9_bundles[], __end___mckinley_e9_bundles[];
+extern char __start___phys_stack_reg_patchlist[], __end___phys_stack_reg_patchlist[];
 extern char __start_gate_section[];
 extern char __start_gate_mckinley_e9_patchlist[], __end_gate_mckinley_e9_patchlist[];
 extern char __start_gate_vtop_patchlist[], __end_gate_vtop_patchlist[];