diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/highmem.c b/arch/sparc/mm/highmem.c
index 4d5f8b3..449f864 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/highmem.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/highmem.c
@@ -31,6 +31,23 @@
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
 #include <asm/vaddrs.h>
 
+pgprot_t kmap_prot;
+
+static pte_t *kmap_pte;
+
+void __init kmap_init(void)
+{
+	unsigned long address;
+	pmd_t *dir;
+
+	address = __fix_to_virt(FIX_KMAP_BEGIN);
+	dir = pmd_offset(pgd_offset_k(address), address);
+
+        /* cache the first kmap pte */
+        kmap_pte = pte_offset_kernel(dir, address);
+        kmap_prot = __pgprot(SRMMU_ET_PTE | SRMMU_PRIV | SRMMU_CACHE);
+}
+
 void *kmap_atomic(struct page *page)
 {
 	unsigned long vaddr;