diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/ptdump/ptdump.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/ptdump/ptdump.c
index 3ad64fc11419..74ff2bff4ea0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/ptdump/ptdump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/ptdump/ptdump.c
@@ -299,17 +299,15 @@ static void walk_pud(struct pg_state *st, pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long start)
 
 static void walk_pagetables(struct pg_state *st)
 {
-	pgd_t *pgd = pgd_offset_k(0UL);
 	unsigned int i;
-	unsigned long addr;
-
-	addr = st->start_address;
+	unsigned long addr = st->start_address & PGDIR_MASK;
+	pgd_t *pgd = pgd_offset_k(addr);
 
 	/*
 	 * Traverse the linux pagetable structure and dump pages that are in
 	 * the hash pagetable.
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PGD; i++, pgd++, addr += PGDIR_SIZE) {
+	for (i = pgd_index(addr); i < PTRS_PER_PGD; i++, pgd++, addr += PGDIR_SIZE) {
 		if (!pgd_none(*pgd) && !pgd_is_leaf(*pgd))
 			/* pgd exists */
 			walk_pud(st, pgd, addr);