diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
index b152de3e64d4..8f58986c2ad9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include <asm/serial.h>
 #include <asm/udbg.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
-#include <asm/swiotlb.h>
 
 #include "setup.h"
 
@@ -343,11 +342,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 		ppc_md.setup_arch();
 	if ( ppc_md.progress ) ppc_md.progress("arch: exit", 0x3eab);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SWIOTLB
-	if (ppc_swiotlb_enable)
-		swiotlb_init(1);
-#endif
-
 	paging_init();
 
 	/* Initialize the MMU context management stuff */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
index 63547394048c..914389158a9b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
 #include <asm/xmon.h>
 #include <asm/udbg.h>
 #include <asm/kexec.h>
-#include <asm/swiotlb.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 
 #include "setup.h"
@@ -541,11 +540,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	if (ppc_md.setup_arch)
 		ppc_md.setup_arch();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SWIOTLB
-	if (ppc_swiotlb_enable)
-		swiotlb_init(1);
-#endif
-
 	paging_init();
 
 	/* Initialize the MMU context management stuff */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index 311224cdb7ad..448f972b22f5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include <asm/sparsemem.h>
 #include <asm/vdso.h>
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
+#include <asm/swiotlb.h>
 
 #include "mmu_decl.h"
 
@@ -320,6 +321,11 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 	struct page *page;
 	unsigned long reservedpages = 0, codesize, initsize, datasize, bsssize;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SWIOTLB
+	if (ppc_swiotlb_enable)
+		swiotlb_init(1);
+#endif
+
 	num_physpages = lmb.memory.size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	high_memory = (void *) __va(max_low_pfn * PAGE_SIZE);