diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
index 3ef51fb..9c74fdf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@
 		pitch = *prop;
 	if (pitch == 1)
 		pitch = 0x1000;
-	prop = of_get_property(np, "address", NULL);
+	prop = of_get_property(np, "linux,bootx-addr", NULL);
+	if (prop == NULL)
+		prop = of_get_property(np, "address", NULL);
 	if (prop)
 		address = *prop;