diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index fe4d9c3ad761c8dfaadce6e214d709417947f396..8e0d0ada62dfef4fc8dd2f2c398e27956467d8e0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -182,7 +182,19 @@ not_angel:
 		ldr	r4, =zreladdr
 #endif
 
-		bl	cache_on
+		/*
+		 * Set up a page table only if it won't overwrite ourself.
+		 * That means r4 < pc && r4 - 16k page directory > &_end.
+		 * Given that r4 > &_end is most unfrequent, we add a rough
+		 * additional 1MB of room for a possible appended DTB.
+		 */
+		mov	r0, pc
+		cmp	r0, r4
+		ldrcc	r0, LC0+32
+		addcc	r0, r0, pc
+		cmpcc	r4, r0
+		orrcc	r4, r4, #1		@ remember we skipped cache_on
+		blcs	cache_on
 
 restart:	adr	r0, LC0
 		ldmia	r0, {r1, r2, r3, r6, r10, r11, r12}
@@ -228,7 +240,7 @@ restart:	adr	r0, LC0
  *   r0  = delta
  *   r2  = BSS start
  *   r3  = BSS end
- *   r4  = final kernel address
+ *   r4  = final kernel address (possibly with LSB set)
  *   r5  = appended dtb size (still unknown)
  *   r6  = _edata
  *   r7  = architecture ID
@@ -276,6 +288,7 @@ restart:	adr	r0, LC0
 		 */
 		cmp	r0, #1
 		sub	r0, r4, #TEXT_OFFSET
+		bic	r0, r0, #1
 		add	r0, r0, #0x100
 		mov	r1, r6
 		sub	r2, sp, r6
@@ -322,12 +335,13 @@ dtb_check_done:
 
 /*
  * Check to see if we will overwrite ourselves.
- *   r4  = final kernel address
+ *   r4  = final kernel address (possibly with LSB set)
  *   r9  = size of decompressed image
  *   r10 = end of this image, including  bss/stack/malloc space if non XIP
  * We basically want:
  *   r4 - 16k page directory >= r10 -> OK
  *   r4 + image length <= address of wont_overwrite -> OK
+ * Note: the possible LSB in r4 is harmless here.
  */
 		add	r10, r10, #16384
 		cmp	r4, r10
@@ -389,7 +403,8 @@ dtb_check_done:
 		add	sp, sp, r6
 #endif
 
-		bl	cache_clean_flush
+		tst	r4, #1
+		bleq	cache_clean_flush
 
 		adr	r0, BSYM(restart)
 		add	r0, r0, r6
@@ -401,7 +416,7 @@ wont_overwrite:
  *   r0  = delta
  *   r2  = BSS start
  *   r3  = BSS end
- *   r4  = kernel execution address
+ *   r4  = kernel execution address (possibly with LSB set)
  *   r5  = appended dtb size (0 if not present)
  *   r7  = architecture ID
  *   r8  = atags pointer
@@ -464,6 +479,15 @@ not_relocated:	mov	r0, #0
 		cmp	r2, r3
 		blo	1b
 
+		/*
+		 * Did we skip the cache setup earlier?
+		 * That is indicated by the LSB in r4.
+		 * Do it now if so.
+		 */
+		tst	r4, #1
+		bic	r4, r4, #1
+		blne	cache_on
+
 /*
  * The C runtime environment should now be setup sufficiently.
  * Set up some pointers, and start decompressing.
@@ -512,6 +536,7 @@ LC0:		.word	LC0			@ r1
 		.word	_got_start		@ r11
 		.word	_got_end		@ ip
 		.word	.L_user_stack_end	@ sp
+		.word	_end - restart + 16384 + 1024*1024
 		.size	LC0, . - LC0
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_RPC