diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index 5321a11c2835..259be7f6d551 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -904,6 +904,7 @@ p_toc:	.8byte	__toc_start + 0x8000 - 0b
 /*
  * This is where the main kernel code starts.
  */
+__REF
 start_here_multiplatform:
 	/* set up the TOC */
 	bl      relative_toc
@@ -979,6 +980,7 @@ start_here_multiplatform:
 	RFI
 	b	.	/* prevent speculative execution */
 
+	.previous
 	/* This is where all platforms converge execution */
 
 start_here_common: