diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
index 2e6ada28da64..1d97a2800cf8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ static inline void __set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 	return hash__set_pte_at(mm, addr, ptep, pte, percpu);
 }
 
-#define _PAGE_CACHE_CTL	(_PAGE_NON_IDEMPOTENT | _PAGE_TOLERANT)
+#define _PAGE_CACHE_CTL	(_PAGE_SAO | _PAGE_NON_IDEMPOTENT | _PAGE_TOLERANT)
 
 #define pgprot_noncached pgprot_noncached
 static inline pgprot_t pgprot_noncached(pgprot_t prot)