diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_32.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_32.h
index 683dfbc67ca8..d64dfe3ac712 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_32.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_32.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ typedef unsigned long long pte_basic_t;
 typedef unsigned long pte_basic_t;
 #endif
 
+#include <asm/bug.h>
+
 /*
  * Clear page using the dcbz instruction, which doesn't cause any
  * memory traffic (except to write out any cache lines which get
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ static inline void clear_page(void *addr)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
+	WARN_ON((unsigned long)addr & (L1_CACHE_BYTES - 1));
+
 	for (i = 0; i < PAGE_SIZE / L1_CACHE_BYTES; i++, addr += L1_CACHE_BYTES)
 		dcbz(addr);
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
index fe4bd321730e..02d90e1ebf65 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
@@ -452,7 +452,12 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE)
 	stwu	r9,16(r3)
 
 _GLOBAL(copy_page)
+	rlwinm	r5, r3, 0, L1_CACHE_BYTES - 1
 	addi	r3,r3,-4
+
+0:	twnei	r5, 0	/* WARN if r3 is not cache aligned */
+	EMIT_BUG_ENTRY 0b,__FILE__,__LINE__, BUGFLAG_WARNING
+
 	addi	r4,r4,-4
 
 	li	r5,4