diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/kasan/kasan_init_32.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/kasan/kasan_init_32.c
index 0d62be3..74f4555 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/kasan/kasan_init_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/kasan/kasan_init_32.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static void kasan_populate_pte(pte_t *ptep, pgprot_t prot)
 		__set_pte_at(&init_mm, va, ptep, pfn_pte(PHYS_PFN(pa), prot), 0);
 }
 
-static int kasan_init_shadow_page_tables(unsigned long k_start, unsigned long k_end)
+static int __ref kasan_init_shadow_page_tables(unsigned long k_start, unsigned long k_end)
 {
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 	unsigned long k_cur, k_next;
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ static int kasan_init_shadow_page_tables(unsigned long k_start, unsigned long k_
 		if ((void *)pmd_page_vaddr(*pmd) != kasan_early_shadow_pte)
 			continue;
 
-		new = pte_alloc_one_kernel(&init_mm);
+		if (slab_is_available())
+			new = pte_alloc_one_kernel(&init_mm);
+		else
+			new = memblock_alloc(PTE_FRAG_SIZE, PTE_FRAG_SIZE);
 
 		if (!new)
 			return -ENOMEM;