diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper b/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
index 39b27e5ef6c1..ece6f49638da 100755
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ cuboot*)
 ps3)
     platformo="$object/ps3-head.o $object/ps3-hvcall.o $object/ps3.o"
     lds=$object/zImage.ps3.lds
-    binary=y
     gzip=
     ext=bin
     objflags="-O binary --set-section-flags=.bss=contents,alloc,load,data"
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ entry=`${CROSS}objdump -f "$ofile" | grep '^start address ' | cut -d' ' -f3`
 
 if [ -n "$binary" ]; then
     mv "$ofile" "$ofile".elf
-    ${CROSS}objcopy -O binary "$ofile".elf "$ofile".bin
+    ${CROSS}objcopy -O binary "$ofile".elf "$ofile"
 fi
 
 # post-processing needed for some platforms
@@ -246,9 +245,9 @@ coff)
     $object/hack-coff "$ofile"
     ;;
 cuboot*)
-    gzip -f -9 "$ofile".bin
+    gzip -f -9 "$ofile"
     mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a "$base" -e "$entry" \
-            $uboot_version -d "$ofile".bin.gz "$ofile"
+            $uboot_version -d "$ofile".gz "$ofile"
     ;;
 treeboot*)
     mv "$ofile" "$ofile.elf"
@@ -269,11 +268,11 @@ ps3)
     # then copied to offset 0x100.  At runtime the bootwrapper program
     # copies the 0x100 bytes at __system_reset_kernel to addr 0x100.
 
-    system_reset_overlay=0x`${CROSS}nm "$ofile".elf \
+    system_reset_overlay=0x`${CROSS}nm "$ofile" \
         | grep ' __system_reset_overlay$'       \
         | cut -d' ' -f1`
     system_reset_overlay=`printf "%d" $system_reset_overlay`
-    system_reset_kernel=0x`${CROSS}nm "$ofile".elf \
+    system_reset_kernel=0x`${CROSS}nm "$ofile" \
         | grep ' __system_reset_kernel$'       \
         | cut -d' ' -f1`
     system_reset_kernel=`printf "%d" $system_reset_kernel`
@@ -282,6 +281,8 @@ ps3)
 
     rm -f "$object/otheros.bld"
 
+    ${CROSS}objcopy -O binary "$ofile" "$ofile.bin"
+
     msg=$(dd if="$ofile.bin" of="$ofile.bin" conv=notrunc \
         skip=$overlay_dest seek=$system_reset_kernel      \
         count=$overlay_size bs=1 2>&1)