diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 703100d5e458..6caad17ea72e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1033,3 +1033,34 @@ void ppc64_runlatch_off(void)
 	}
 }
 #endif
+
+#if THREAD_SHIFT < PAGE_SHIFT
+
+static struct kmem_cache *thread_info_cache;
+
+struct thread_info *alloc_thread_info(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	struct thread_info *ti;
+
+	ti = kmem_cache_alloc(thread_info_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (unlikely(ti == NULL))
+		return NULL;
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
+	memset(ti, 0, THREAD_SIZE);
+#endif
+	return ti;
+}
+
+void free_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti)
+{
+	kmem_cache_free(thread_info_cache, ti);
+}
+
+void thread_info_cache_init(void)
+{
+	thread_info_cache = kmem_cache_create("thread_info", THREAD_SIZE,
+					      THREAD_SIZE, 0, NULL);
+	BUG_ON(thread_info_cache == NULL);
+}
+
+#endif /* THREAD_SHIFT < PAGE_SHIFT */
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/thread_info.h b/include/asm-powerpc/thread_info.h
index 40d5f98c44fc..d030f5ce39ad 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/thread_info.h
@@ -80,12 +80,8 @@ struct thread_info {
 
 #else /* THREAD_SHIFT < PAGE_SHIFT */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
-#define alloc_thread_info(tsk)	kzalloc(THREAD_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL)
-#else
-#define alloc_thread_info(tsk)	kmalloc(THREAD_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL)
-#endif
-#define free_thread_info(ti)	kfree(ti)
+extern struct thread_info *alloc_thread_info(struct task_struct *tsk);
+extern void free_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti);
 
 #endif /* THREAD_SHIFT < PAGE_SHIFT */