diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 291cee28ccb6..e44bdb9078a5 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static inline void purge_tlb_entries(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 	printk("%s:%d: bad pgd %08lx.\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, (unsigned long)pgd_val(e))
 
 /* This is the size of the initially mapped kernel memory */
-#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+#if defined(CONFIG_64BIT) || defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 #define KERNEL_INITIAL_ORDER	25	/* 1<<25 = 32MB */
 #else
 #define KERNEL_INITIAL_ORDER	24	/* 1<<24 = 16MB */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c
index f7ea626e29c9..81d6f6391944 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 
 #include <asm/processor.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/pdc.h>
 #include <asm/led.h>
 #include <asm/machdep.h>	/* for pa7300lc_init() proto */
@@ -140,6 +141,13 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 #endif
 	printk(KERN_CONT ".\n");
 
+	/*
+	 * Check if initial kernel page mappings are sufficient.
+	 * panic early if not, else we may access kernel functions
+	 * and variables which can't be reached.
+	 */
+	if (__pa((unsigned long) &_end) >= KERNEL_INITIAL_SIZE)
+		panic("KERNEL_INITIAL_ORDER too small!");
 
 	pdc_console_init();