diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
index c7813dc628fc..59cab558e2f0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
@@ -222,8 +222,10 @@ static inline void radix__set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 	 * from ptesync, it should probably go into update_mmu_cache, rather
 	 * than set_pte_at (which is used to set ptes unrelated to faults).
 	 *
-	 * Spurious faults to vmalloc region are not tolerated, so there is
-	 * a ptesync in flush_cache_vmap.
+	 * Spurious faults from the kernel memory are not tolerated, so there
+	 * is a ptesync in flush_cache_vmap, and __map_kernel_page() follows
+	 * the pte update sequence from ISA Book III 6.10 Translation Table
+	 * Update Synchronization Requirements.
 	 */
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
index 3adcf730f478..1d5eec847b88 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static int early_map_kernel_page(unsigned long ea, unsigned long pa,
 
 set_the_pte:
 	set_pte_at(&init_mm, ea, ptep, pfn_pte(pfn, flags));
-	smp_wmb();
+	asm volatile("ptesync": : :"memory");
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static int __map_kernel_page(unsigned long ea, unsigned long pa,
 
 set_the_pte:
 	set_pte_at(&init_mm, ea, ptep, pfn_pte(pfn, flags));
-	smp_wmb();
+	asm volatile("ptesync": : :"memory");
 	return 0;
 }