diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index b19dfc45f75c..8ac248cb518a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@
 #include <linux/extable.h>
 #include <linux/kdebug.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/moduleloader.h>
 #include <asm/code-patching.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/sstep.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/inst.h>
+#include <asm/set_memory.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kprobe *, current_kprobe) = NULL;
@@ -103,6 +105,21 @@ kprobe_opcode_t *kprobe_lookup_name(const char *name, unsigned int offset)
 	return addr;
 }
 
+void *alloc_insn_page(void)
+{
+	void *page;
+
+	page = module_alloc(PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!page)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (strict_module_rwx_enabled()) {
+		set_memory_ro((unsigned long)page, 1);
+		set_memory_x((unsigned long)page, 1);
+	}
+	return page;
+}
+
 int arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 {
 	int ret = 0;