diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/early_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/early_32.c
index cf3cdd81dc4758fb954fce7460749ad0ec51fa0c..3482118ffe763a0dc09b82ff64b5db92a787846b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/early_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/early_32.c
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ notrace unsigned long __init early_init(unsigned long dt_ptr)
 {
 	unsigned long offset = reloc_offset();
 
-	/* First zero the BSS -- use memset_io, some platforms don't have caches on yet */
-	memset_io((void __iomem *)PTRRELOC(&__bss_start), 0, __bss_stop - __bss_start);
+	/* First zero the BSS */
+	memset(PTRRELOC(&__bss_start), 0, __bss_stop - __bss_start);
 
 	/*
 	 * Identify the CPU type and fix up code sections