diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/mpc85xx_mds.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/mpc85xx_mds.c
index 21f61b8c445b..cc29c0f5300d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/mpc85xx_mds.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/mpc85xx_mds.c
@@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ static void __init mpc85xx_mds_pic_init(void)
 	}
 
 	mpic = mpic_alloc(np, r.start,
-			MPIC_PRIMARY | MPIC_WANTS_RESET | MPIC_BIG_ENDIAN,
+			MPIC_PRIMARY | MPIC_WANTS_RESET | MPIC_BIG_ENDIAN |
+			MPIC_BROKEN_FRR_NIRQS,
 			0, 256, " OpenPIC  ");
 	BUG_ON(mpic == NULL);
 	of_node_put(np);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c
index 04160a4cc699..a15f582300d8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ smp_85xx_kick_cpu(int nr)
 	__iomem u32 *bptr_vaddr;
 	struct device_node *np;
 	int n = 0;
+	int ioremappable;
 
 	WARN_ON (nr < 0 || nr >= NR_CPUS);
 
@@ -59,21 +60,37 @@ smp_85xx_kick_cpu(int nr)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * A secondary core could be in a spinloop in the bootpage
+	 * (0xfffff000), somewhere in highmem, or somewhere in lowmem.
+	 * The bootpage and highmem can be accessed via ioremap(), but
+	 * we need to directly access the spinloop if its in lowmem.
+	 */
+	ioremappable = *cpu_rel_addr > virt_to_phys(high_memory);
+
 	/* Map the spin table */
-	bptr_vaddr = ioremap(*cpu_rel_addr, SIZE_BOOT_ENTRY);
+	if (ioremappable)
+		bptr_vaddr = ioremap(*cpu_rel_addr, SIZE_BOOT_ENTRY);
+	else
+		bptr_vaddr = phys_to_virt(*cpu_rel_addr);
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
 	out_be32(bptr_vaddr + BOOT_ENTRY_PIR, nr);
 	out_be32(bptr_vaddr + BOOT_ENTRY_ADDR_LOWER, __pa(__early_start));
 
+	if (!ioremappable)
+		flush_dcache_range((ulong)bptr_vaddr,
+				(ulong)(bptr_vaddr + SIZE_BOOT_ENTRY));
+
 	/* Wait a bit for the CPU to ack. */
 	while ((__secondary_hold_acknowledge != nr) && (++n < 1000))
 		mdelay(1);
 
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
-	iounmap(bptr_vaddr);
+	if (ioremappable)
+		iounmap(bptr_vaddr);
 
 	pr_debug("waited %d msecs for CPU #%d.\n", n, nr);
 }