diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
index 0ac741fae90e..2e3bc16d02b2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
@@ -904,9 +904,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES
-	init_mm.context.pte_frag = NULL;
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPAPR_TCE_IOMMU
 	mm_iommu_init(&init_mm);
 #endif