diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
index 3a9f79d18f6b..1b7b0d0c3ebd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
@@ -186,11 +186,16 @@ static void __init pnv_init(void)
 		add_preferred_console("hvc", 0, NULL);
 
 	if (!radix_enabled()) {
+		size_t size = sizeof(struct slb_entry) * mmu_slb_size;
 		int i;
 
 		/* Allocate per cpu area to save old slb contents during MCE */
-		for_each_possible_cpu(i)
-			paca_ptrs[i]->mce_faulty_slbs = memblock_alloc_node(mmu_slb_size, __alignof__(*paca_ptrs[i]->mce_faulty_slbs), cpu_to_node(i));
+		for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
+			paca_ptrs[i]->mce_faulty_slbs =
+					memblock_alloc_node(size,
+						__alignof__(struct slb_entry),
+						cpu_to_node(i));
+		}
 	}
 }