diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
index 3889201b560c..a4f93699194b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ unsigned long slice_get_unmapped_area(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 	unsigned long high_limit;
 
 	high_limit = DEFAULT_MAP_WINDOW;
-	if (addr >= high_limit)
+	if (addr >= high_limit || (fixed && (addr + len > high_limit)))
 		high_limit = TASK_SIZE;
 
 	if (len > high_limit)