diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce_power.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce_power.c
index c2f55fe7092d..cf5263b648fc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce_power.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce_power.c
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ static bool mce_in_guest(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
 void flush_and_reload_slb(void)
 {
-	/* Invalidate all SLBs */
-	slb_flush_all_realmode();
-
 	if (early_radix_enabled())
 		return;
 
+	/* Invalidate all SLBs */
+	slb_flush_all_realmode();
+
 	/*
 	 * This probably shouldn't happen, but it may be possible it's
 	 * called in early boot before SLB shadows are allocated.