diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
index 7dc006b58369..7902d6358854 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm-generic/sections.h>
 
+extern char __head_end[];
+
 #ifdef __powerpc64__
 
 extern char __start_interrupts[];
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index a69c276dbb9c..fa3cfd90c83a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <asm/code-patching.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/sstep.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kprobe *, current_kprobe) = NULL;
@@ -42,6 +43,14 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kprobe_ctlblk, kprobe_ctlblk);
 
 struct kretprobe_blackpoint kretprobe_blacklist[] = {{NULL, NULL}};
 
+bool arch_within_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long addr)
+{
+	return  (addr >= (unsigned long)__kprobes_text_start &&
+		 addr < (unsigned long)__kprobes_text_end) ||
+		(addr >= (unsigned long)_stext &&
+		 addr < (unsigned long)__head_end);
+}
+
 int arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7394b770ae1f..f6eee507e0b9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ SECTIONS
 #endif
 	} :kernel
 
+	__head_end = .;
+
 	/*
 	 * If the build dies here, it's likely code in head_64.S is referencing
 	 * labels it can't reach, and the linker inserting stubs without the