diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index 2dc52e6d2af4..e24ae0fa80ed 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ END_MMU_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(MMU_FTR_1T_SEGMENT)
 	 * actually hit this code path.
 	 */
 
+	isync
 	slbie	r6
 	slbie	r6		/* Workaround POWER5 < DD2.1 issue */
 	slbmte	r7,r0