diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
index 5b845598508c..def92239a363 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -1748,22 +1748,27 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 #endif
 	}
 
-	/* Once the OF device tree and MDESC have been setup, we know
-	 * the list of possible cpus.  Therefore we can allocate the
-	 * IRQ stacks.
-	 */
-	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
-		/* XXX Use node local allocations... XXX */
-		softirq_stack[i] = __va(memblock_alloc(THREAD_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE));
-		hardirq_stack[i] = __va(memblock_alloc(THREAD_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE));
-	}
-
 	/* Setup bootmem... */
 	last_valid_pfn = end_pfn = bootmem_init(phys_base);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
 	max_mapnr = last_valid_pfn;
 #endif
+	/* Once the OF device tree and MDESC have been setup, we know
+	 * the list of possible cpus.  Therefore we can allocate the
+	 * IRQ stacks.
+	 */
+	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
+		int node = cpu_to_node(i);
+
+		softirq_stack[i] = __alloc_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(node),
+							THREAD_SIZE,
+							THREAD_SIZE, 0);
+		hardirq_stack[i] = __alloc_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(node),
+							THREAD_SIZE,
+							THREAD_SIZE, 0);
+	}
+
 	kernel_physical_mapping_init();
 
 	{