diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_6xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_6xx.S
index ff026c9d3cab..d9b6e7e0b5e3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_6xx.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_6xx.S
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ _GLOBAL(power_save_ppc32_restore)
 	stw	r9,_NIP(r11)		/* make it do a blr */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r12, r11)
+	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r12, r1)
+	tophys(r12, r12)
 	lwz	r11,TI_CPU(r12)		/* get cpu number * 4 */
 	slwi	r11,r11,2
 #else