diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 9d8106758142..ae8569475264 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -182,8 +182,39 @@ static inline void set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pteval)
 		 * Make sure the buddy is global too (if it's !none,
 		 * it better already be global)
 		 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+		/*
+		 * For SMP, multiple CPUs can race, so we need to do
+		 * this atomically.
+		 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+#define LL_INSN "lld"
+#define SC_INSN "scd"
+#else /* CONFIG_32BIT */
+#define LL_INSN "ll"
+#define SC_INSN "sc"
+#endif
+		unsigned long page_global = _PAGE_GLOBAL;
+		unsigned long tmp;
+
+		__asm__ __volatile__ (
+			"	.set	push\n"
+			"	.set	noreorder\n"
+			"1:	" LL_INSN "	%[tmp], %[buddy]\n"
+			"	bnez	%[tmp], 2f\n"
+			"	 or	%[tmp], %[tmp], %[global]\n"
+			"	" SC_INSN "	%[tmp], %[buddy]\n"
+			"	beqz	%[tmp], 1b\n"
+			"	 nop\n"
+			"2:\n"
+			"	.set pop"
+			: [buddy] "+m" (buddy->pte),
+			  [tmp] "=&r" (tmp)
+			: [global] "r" (page_global));
+#else /* !CONFIG_SMP */
 		if (pte_none(*buddy))
 			pte_val(*buddy) = pte_val(*buddy) | _PAGE_GLOBAL;
+#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 	}
 #endif
 }