diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
index 53e990140916..59d3cfcd7887 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
@@ -407,30 +407,26 @@ static void initialize_form2_numa_distance_lookup_table(void)
 
 	if (form2_distances_length != max_numa_index * max_numa_index) {
 		WARN(1, "Wrong NUMA distance information\n");
-		/* consider everybody else just remote. */
-		for (i = 0;  i < max_numa_index; i++) {
-			for (j = 0; j < max_numa_index; j++) {
-				int nodeA = numa_id_index_table[i];
-				int nodeB = numa_id_index_table[j];
-
-				if (nodeA == nodeB)
-					numa_distance_table[nodeA][nodeB] = LOCAL_DISTANCE;
-				else
-					numa_distance_table[nodeA][nodeB] = REMOTE_DISTANCE;
-			}
-		}
+		form2_distances = NULL; // don't use it
 	}
-
 	distance_index = 0;
 	for (i = 0;  i < max_numa_index; i++) {
 		for (j = 0; j < max_numa_index; j++) {
 			int nodeA = numa_id_index_table[i];
 			int nodeB = numa_id_index_table[j];
+			int dist;
 
-			numa_distance_table[nodeA][nodeB] = form2_distances[distance_index++];
-			pr_debug("dist[%d][%d]=%d ", nodeA, nodeB, numa_distance_table[nodeA][nodeB]);
+			if (form2_distances)
+				dist = form2_distances[distance_index++];
+			else if (nodeA == nodeB)
+				dist = LOCAL_DISTANCE;
+			else
+				dist = REMOTE_DISTANCE;
+			numa_distance_table[nodeA][nodeB] = dist;
+			pr_debug("dist[%d][%d]=%d ", nodeA, nodeB, dist);
 		}
 	}
+
 	of_node_put(root);
 }