diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index 3a7d580fdc59..67fefb59d40e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ int do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
 	 * can result in fault, which will cause a deadlock when called with
 	 * mmap_sem held
 	 */
-	if (!is_exec && user_mode(regs))
+	if (is_write && user_mode(regs))
 		store_update_sp = store_updates_sp(regs);
 
 	if (user_mode(regs))