diff -rup a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/Makefile b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/Makefile
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/Makefile	2012-02-01 09:34:07.018768021 -0700
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/Makefile	2012-02-01 09:35:28.813356195 -0700
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ elide-routines.os += hp-timing
 ifneq ($(elf),no)
 # The initfini generation code doesn't work in the presence of -fPIC, so
 # we use -fpic instead which is much better.
-CFLAGS-initfini.s += -fpic -O1
+CFLAGS-initfini.s += -fpic -O1 -fno-inline
 endif
 CFLAGS-libc-start.c += -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
 endif