diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/head.S b/arch/ppc64/kernel/head.S
index 93ebcac0d5a2..3f447712e3ff 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/head.S
@@ -2131,13 +2131,6 @@ empty_zero_page:
 swapper_pg_dir:
 	.space	4096
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-/* 1 page segment table per cpu (max 48, cpu0 allocated at STAB0_PHYS_ADDR) */
-	.globl	stab_array
-stab_array:
-	.space	4096 * 48
-#endif
-	
 /*
  * This space gets a copy of optional info passed to us by the bootstrap
  * Used to pass parameters into the kernel like root=/dev/sda1, etc.
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/setup.c
index e80f10c89824..687e85595208 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1068,6 +1068,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	irqstack_early_init();
 	emergency_stack_init();
 
+	stabs_alloc();
+
 	/* set up the bootmem stuff with available memory */
 	do_init_bootmem();
 	sparse_init();
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/smp.c
index 2fcddfcb594d..793b562da653 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ struct smp_ops_t *smp_ops;
 
 static volatile unsigned int cpu_callin_map[NR_CPUS];
 
-extern unsigned char stab_array[];
-
 void smp_call_function_interrupt(void);
 
 int smt_enabled_at_boot = 1;
@@ -492,19 +490,6 @@ int __devinit __cpu_up(unsigned int cpu)
 
 	paca[cpu].default_decr = tb_ticks_per_jiffy;
 
-	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SLB)) {
-		void *tmp;
-
-		/* maximum of 48 CPUs on machines with a segment table */
-		if (cpu >= 48)
-			BUG();
-
-		tmp = &stab_array[PAGE_SIZE * cpu];
-		memset(tmp, 0, PAGE_SIZE); 
-		paca[cpu].stab_addr = (unsigned long)tmp;
-		paca[cpu].stab_real = virt_to_abs(tmp);
-	}
-
 	/* Make sure callin-map entry is 0 (can be leftover a CPU
 	 * hotplug
 	 */
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/mm/stab.c b/arch/ppc64/mm/stab.c
index df4bbe14153c..1b83f002bf27 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/mm/stab.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/mm/stab.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <asm/paca.h>
 #include <asm/cputable.h>
+#include <asm/lmb.h>
+#include <asm/abs_addr.h>
 
 struct stab_entry {
 	unsigned long esid_data;
@@ -223,6 +225,39 @@ void switch_stab(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
 
 extern void slb_initialize(void);
 
+/*
+ * Allocate segment tables for secondary CPUs.  These must all go in
+ * the first (bolted) segment, so that do_stab_bolted won't get a
+ * recursive segment miss on the segment table itself.
+ */
+void stabs_alloc(void)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SLB))
+		return;
+
+	for_each_cpu(cpu) {
+		unsigned long newstab;
+
+		if (cpu == 0)
+			continue; /* stab for CPU 0 is statically allocated */
+
+		newstab = lmb_alloc_base(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE, 1<<SID_SHIFT);
+		if (! newstab)
+			panic("Unable to allocate segment table for CPU %d.\n",
+			      cpu);
+
+		newstab += KERNELBASE;
+
+		memset((void *)newstab, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+		paca[cpu].stab_addr = newstab;
+		paca[cpu].stab_real = virt_to_abs(newstab);
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "Segment table for CPU %d at 0x%lx virtual, 0x%lx absolute\n", cpu, paca[cpu].stab_addr, paca[cpu].stab_real);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Build an entry for the base kernel segment and put it into
  * the segment table or SLB.  All other segment table or SLB
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc64/mmu.h b/include/asm-ppc64/mmu.h
index 3d07ddd11e3b..889118036803 100644
--- a/include/asm-ppc64/mmu.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc64/mmu.h
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ extern long native_hpte_insert(unsigned long hpte_group, unsigned long va,
 			       unsigned long prpn,
 			       unsigned long vflags, unsigned long rflags);
 
+extern void stabs_alloc(void);
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 /*