diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 65fba4c34cd7..8567c6809240 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ config ARCH_HAS_DMA_SET_COHERENT_MASK
 config PPC
 	bool
 	default y
+	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
 	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
 	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_SERIO
 	select BINFMT_ELF
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/module.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/module.h
index cd4ffd86765f..cc12c61ef315 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/module.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/module.h
@@ -90,10 +90,6 @@ static inline int module_finalize_ftrace(struct module *mod, const Elf_Shdr *sec
 }
 #endif
 
-struct exception_table_entry;
-void sort_ex_table(struct exception_table_entry *start,
-		   struct exception_table_entry *finish);
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS) && defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
 #define ARCH_RELOCATES_KCRCTAB
 #define reloc_start PHYSICAL_START
diff --git a/scripts/sortextable.c b/scripts/sortextable.c
index f453b7ce99d6..365a907f98b3 100644
--- a/scripts/sortextable.c
+++ b/scripts/sortextable.c
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ do_file(char const *const fname)
 	case EM_S390:
 	case EM_AARCH64:
 	case EM_PARISC:
+	case EM_PPC:
+	case EM_PPC64:
 		custom_sort = sort_relative_table;
 		break;
 	case EM_ARCOMPACT: