diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso.c
index 8c4597224b71..4777676365fe 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -213,13 +213,14 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int executable_stack)
 		vdso_base = VDSO64_MBASE;
 	}
 
+	current->thread.vdso_base = 0;
+
 	/* vDSO has a problem and was disabled, just don't "enable" it for the
 	 * process
 	 */
-	if (vdso_pages == 0) {
-		current->thread.vdso_base = 0;
+	if (vdso_pages == 0)
 		return 0;
-	}
+
 	vma = kmem_cache_alloc(vm_area_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
 	if (vma == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -230,12 +231,16 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int executable_stack)
 	memset(vma, 0, sizeof(*vma));
 
 	/*
-	 * pick a base address for the vDSO in process space. We have a default
-	 * base of 1Mb on which we had a random offset up to 1Mb.
-	 * XXX: Add possibility for a program header to specify that location
+	 * pick a base address for the vDSO in process space. We try to put it
+	 * at vdso_base which is the "natural" base for it, but we might fail
+	 * and end up putting it elsewhere.
 	 */
+	vdso_base = get_unmapped_area(NULL, vdso_base,
+				      vdso_pages << PAGE_SHIFT, 0, 0);
+	if (vdso_base & ~PAGE_MASK)
+		return (int)vdso_base;
+
 	current->thread.vdso_base = vdso_base;
-	/*  + ((unsigned long)vma & 0x000ff000); */
 
 	vma->vm_mm = mm;
 	vma->vm_start = current->thread.vdso_base;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 76ec9d8939ff..6ae62cbf7c2e 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -782,14 +782,6 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm, struct pt_regs * regs)
 		goto out_free_dentry;
 	}
 	
-#ifdef ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES
-	retval = arch_setup_additional_pages(bprm, executable_stack);
-	if (retval < 0) {
-		send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
-		goto out_free_dentry;
-	}
-#endif /* ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES */
-
 	current->mm->start_stack = bprm->p;
 
 	/* Now we do a little grungy work by mmaping the ELF image into
@@ -949,6 +941,14 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm, struct pt_regs * regs)
 
 	set_binfmt(&elf_format);
 
+#ifdef ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES
+	retval = arch_setup_additional_pages(bprm, executable_stack);
+	if (retval < 0) {
+		send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
+		goto out_free_dentry;
+	}
+#endif /* ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES */
+
 	compute_creds(bprm);
 	current->flags &= ~PF_FORKNOEXEC;
 	create_elf_tables(bprm, &loc->elf_ex, (interpreter_type == INTERPRETER_AOUT),
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc64/vdso.h b/include/asm-ppc64/vdso.h
index b74e16c0cf01..85d8a7be25c4 100644
--- a/include/asm-ppc64/vdso.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc64/vdso.h
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 /* Default link addresses for the vDSOs */
-#define VDSO32_LBASE	0
-#define VDSO64_LBASE	0
+#define VDSO32_LBASE	0x100000
+#define VDSO64_LBASE	0x100000
 
 /* Default map addresses */
-#define VDSO32_MBASE	0x100000
-#define VDSO64_MBASE	0x100000
+#define VDSO32_MBASE	VDSO32_LBASE
+#define VDSO64_MBASE	VDSO64_LBASE
 
 #define VDSO_VERSION_STRING	LINUX_2.6.12