diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 89f158731ce3..88b0bd925a8b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ extern int ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addre
 #define pgprot_cached_wthru(prot) (__pgprot((pgprot_val(prot) & ~_PAGE_CACHE_CTL) | \
 				            _PAGE_COHERENT | _PAGE_WRITETHRU))
 
+#define pgprot_writecombine pgprot_noncached_wc
 
 struct file;
 extern pgprot_t phys_mem_access_prot(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,