diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 9125964af409..bd6dd6ed3a9f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -457,6 +457,10 @@ config USE_PERCPU_NUMA_NODE_ID
 	def_bool y
 	depends on NUMA
 
+config HAVE_MEMORYLESS_NODES
+	def_bool y
+	depends on NUMA
+
 config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
 	def_bool y
 	depends on PPC64
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index d7252adea759..4863ea14f270 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -755,6 +755,7 @@ void start_secondary(void *unused)
 	 * numa_node_id() works after this.
 	 */
 	set_numa_node(numa_cpu_lookup_table[cpu]);
+	set_numa_mem(local_memory_node(numa_cpu_lookup_table[cpu]));
 
 	smp_wmb();
 	notify_cpu_starting(cpu);