diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 2f4cce06a7e5..5bc11bd36c1f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 # Rewritten by Cort Dougan and Paul Mackerras
 #
 
-# This must match PAGE_OFFSET in include/asm-powerpc/page.h.
-KERNELLOAD	:= $(CONFIG_KERNEL_START)
-
 HAS_BIARCH	:= $(call cc-option-yn, -m32)
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_PPC64),y)
@@ -59,7 +56,7 @@ override LD	+= -m elf$(SZ)ppc
 override CC	+= -m$(SZ)
 endif
 
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux	:= -Ttext $(KERNELLOAD) -Bstatic -e $(KERNELLOAD)
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux	:= -Bstatic
 
 # The -Iarch/$(ARCH)/include is temporary while we are merging
 CPPFLAGS	+= -Iarch/$(ARCH) -Iarch/$(ARCH)/include
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index d4dfcfbce272..9ceaa7a7bd00 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 #include <linux/config.h>
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 #include <asm/page.h>
-#else
-#define PAGE_SIZE	4096
-#endif
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 
+ENTRY(_stext)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc:common64)
 jiffies = jiffies_64;
@@ -21,6 +19,7 @@ SECTIONS
     *(.exit.data)
   }
 
+  . = KERNELBASE;
 
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32