1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
index 587ff9788ab0..90c9d4a1e36f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 static int __patch_instruction(unsigned int *exec_addr, unsigned int instr,
                                unsigned int *patch_addr)
 {
-        int err;
+        int err = 0;
 
-        __put_user_size(instr, patch_addr, 4, err);
+        __put_user_asm(instr, patch_addr, err, "stw");
         if (err)
                 return err;