diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
index 525c36ebbc8d..e93e38455d59 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ redo:
 	 * Allocate Partition table and process table for the
 	 * host.
 	 */
-	BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG((PRTB_SIZE_SHIFT > 23), "Process table size too large.");
+	BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG((PRTB_SIZE_SHIFT > 36), "Process table size too large.");
 	process_tb = early_alloc_pgtable(1UL << PRTB_SIZE_SHIFT);
 	/*
 	 * Fill in the process table.
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static void __init radix_init_partition_table(void)
 
 	rts_field = radix__get_tree_size();
 
-	BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG((PATB_SIZE_SHIFT > 24), "Partition table size too large.");
+	BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG((PATB_SIZE_SHIFT > 36), "Partition table size too large.");
 	partition_tb = early_alloc_pgtable(1UL << PATB_SIZE_SHIFT);
 	partition_tb->patb0 = cpu_to_be64(rts_field | __pa(init_mm.pgd) |
 					  RADIX_PGD_INDEX_SIZE | PATB_HR);