diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index f132d87..6440b1b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -375,8 +375,7 @@
 	beq	20f
 
 	/* start the specified thread */
-	LOAD_REG_ADDR(r5, fsl_secondary_thread_init)
-	ld	r4, 0(r5)
+	LOAD_REG_ADDR(r5, DOTSYM(fsl_secondary_thread_init))
 	bl	book3e_start_thread
 
 	/* stop the current thread */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c
index 9c43cf3..40aa582 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static void wake_hw_thread(void *info)
 	unsigned long inia;
 	int cpu = *(const int *)info;
 
-	inia = *(unsigned long *)fsl_secondary_thread_init;
+	inia = ppc_function_entry(fsl_secondary_thread_init);
 	book3e_start_thread(cpu_thread_in_core(cpu), inia);
 }
 #endif