diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index a54a9a2e36f34367ec1d22206075e8fe318fcd07..8de5f9ff4ade1e8b36793ddb2f464c6d0113dc06 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
 	help