diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-nommu.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-nommu.h
index d16aba4..0900113 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-nommu.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-nommu.h
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@
 typedef pte_t *pte_addr_t;
 
 /*
- * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used
- * for zero-mapped memory areas etc..
- */
-#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr)	(virt_to_page(0))
-
-/*
  * Mark the prot value as uncacheable and unbufferable.
  */
 #define pgprot_noncached(prot)	(prot)
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 78a5320..ef48a55 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@
 #include <linux/const.h>
 #include <asm/proc-fns.h>
 
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+/*
+ * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used
+ * for zero-mapped memory areas etc..
+ */
+extern struct page *empty_zero_page;
+#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr)	(empty_zero_page)
+#endif
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
 
 #include <asm-generic/pgtable-nopud.h>
@@ -139,13 +148,6 @@
  */
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
-/*
- * ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used
- * for zero-mapped memory areas etc..
- */
-extern struct page *empty_zero_page;
-#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr)	(empty_zero_page)
-
 
 extern pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD];
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/nommu.c b/arch/arm/mm/nommu.c
index c42deba..c1494a4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/nommu.c
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@
 
 unsigned long vectors_base;
 
+/*
+ * empty_zero_page is a special page that is used for
+ * zero-initialized data and COW.
+ */
+struct page *empty_zero_page;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_MPU
 struct mpu_rgn_info mpu_rgn_info;
 #endif
@@ -148,9 +155,21 @@
  */
 void __init paging_init(const struct machine_desc *mdesc)
 {
+	void *zero_page;
+
 	early_trap_init((void *)vectors_base);
 	mpu_setup();
+
+	/* allocate the zero page. */
+	zero_page = memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!zero_page)
+		panic("%s: Failed to allocate %lu bytes align=0x%lx\n",
+		      __func__, PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
+
 	bootmem_init();
+
+	empty_zero_page = virt_to_page(zero_page);
+	flush_dcache_page(empty_zero_page);
 }
 
 /*