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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/copy_32.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/copy_32.S
index 2ef50c629470..da5847d09718 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/copy_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/copy_32.S
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ _GLOBAL(memset)
* the destination area is cacheable.
* We only use this version if the source and dest don't overlap.
* -- paulus.
+ *
+ * During early init, cache might not be active yet, so dcbz cannot be used.
+ * We therefore jump to generic_memcpy which doesn't use dcbz. This jump is
+ * replaced by a nop once cache is active. This is done in machine_init()
*/
_GLOBAL(memmove)
cmplw 0,r3,r4
@@ -135,6 +139,7 @@ _GLOBAL(memmove)
/* fall through */
_GLOBAL(memcpy)
+ b generic_memcpy
add r7,r3,r5 /* test if the src & dst overlap */
add r8,r4,r5
cmplw 0,r4,r7