diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
index 17ae5c15a9e0..ba02305f121e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
@@ -442,14 +442,6 @@ void __init radix__early_init_devtree(void)
 	mmu_psize_defs[MMU_PAGE_64K].shift = 16;
 	mmu_psize_defs[MMU_PAGE_64K].ap = 0x5;
 found:
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
-	if (mmu_psize_defs[MMU_PAGE_2M].shift) {
-		/*
-		 * map vmemmap using 2M if available
-		 */
-		mmu_vmemmap_psize = MMU_PAGE_2M;
-	}
-#endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -527,7 +519,13 @@ void __init radix__early_init_mmu(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
 	/* vmemmap mapping */
-	mmu_vmemmap_psize = mmu_virtual_psize;
+	if (mmu_psize_defs[MMU_PAGE_2M].shift) {
+		/*
+		 * map vmemmap using 2M if available
+		 */
+		mmu_vmemmap_psize = MMU_PAGE_2M;
+	} else
+		mmu_vmemmap_psize = mmu_virtual_psize;
 #endif
 	/*
 	 * initialize page table size