diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index c3c39b02b2ba..8cecda4bd66a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -509,8 +509,10 @@ void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	 */
 	unsigned long access, trap;
 
-	if (radix_enabled())
+	if (radix_enabled()) {
+		prefetch((void *)address);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	/* We only want HPTEs for linux PTEs that have _PAGE_ACCESSED set */
 	if (!pte_young(*ptep) || address >= TASK_SIZE)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-book3s64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-book3s64.c
index 82fed87289de..c1f4ca45c93a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-book3s64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-book3s64.c
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ pmd_t pmd_modify(pmd_t pmd, pgprot_t newprot)
 void update_mmu_cache_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 			  pmd_t *pmd)
 {
-	return;
+	if (radix_enabled())
+		prefetch((void *)addr);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */