diff --git a/arch/powerpc/purgatory/trampoline_64.S b/arch/powerpc/purgatory/trampoline_64.S
index d956b8a35fd1..b35837c13852 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/purgatory/trampoline_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/purgatory/trampoline_64.S
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <asm/asm-compat.h>
 #include <asm/crashdump-ppc64.h>
 
-	.machine ppc64
 	.balign 256
 	.globl purgatory_start
 purgatory_start: