diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
index ce5fd93499a74b..896a1f8d3e6ac6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ _GLOBAL(mmu_pin_tlb)
 	cmplw	r6, r9
 	bdnzt	lt, 2b
 
-4:	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r8, 0xf0 | _PAGE_SPS | _PAGE_SH | _PAGE_PRESENT)
+4:	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r8, 0xf0 | _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_SPS | _PAGE_SH | _PAGE_PRESENT)
 2:	ori	r0, r6, MD_EVALID
 	mtspr	SPRN_MD_CTR, r5
 	mtspr	SPRN_MD_EPN, r0