diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index f21f6b907d99..8797df11c51f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -848,9 +848,6 @@ static int __init hugetlbpage_init(void)
 	else if (mmu_psize_defs[MMU_PAGE_2M].shift)
 		HPAGE_SHIFT = mmu_psize_defs[MMU_PAGE_2M].shift;
 #endif
-	else
-		panic("%s: Unable to set default huge page size\n", __func__);
-
 	return 0;
 }