diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
index 2ffca63602c5..7b278d83739e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ void __iomem * __ioremap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size,
 	pa = addr & PAGE_MASK;
 	size = PAGE_ALIGN(addr + size) - pa;
 
-	if (size == 0)
+	if ((size == 0) || (pa == 0))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (mem_init_done) {