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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index a54a9a2e36f3..8de5f9ff4ade 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -117,6 +117,19 @@ config GENERIC_BUG
default y
depends on BUG
+#
+# Powerpc uses the slab allocator to manage its ptes and the
+# page structs of ptes are used for splitting the page table
+# lock for configurations supporting more than SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS.
+#
+# In that special configuration the page structs of slabs are modified.
+# This setting disables the selection of SLUB as a slab allocator.
+#
+config ARCH_USES_SLAB_PAGE_STRUCT
+ bool
+ default y
+ depends on SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS <= NR_CPUS
+
config DEFAULT_UIMAGE
bool
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