diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
index 57deb1e9ffea7a70e4f71c4a2457abb7534147fa..20cc816b3508d3f689a11ebefebaf9fc2a711ae2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
@@ -852,11 +852,12 @@ start_here:
 
 	/* set up the PTE pointers for the Abatron bdiGDB.
 	*/
-	tovirt(r6,r6)
 	lis	r5, abatron_pteptrs@h
 	ori	r5, r5, abatron_pteptrs@l
 	stw	r5, 0xf0(0)	/* Must match your Abatron config file */
 	tophys(r5,r5)
+	lis	r6, swapper_pg_dir@h
+	ori	r6, r6, swapper_pg_dir@l
 	stw	r6, 0(r5)
 
 /* Now turn on the MMU for real! */