1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
index 850f3b8f4da5..6ae2777c220d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ static int __patch_instruction(unsigned int *exec_addr, unsigned int instr,
 {
         int err;
 
+        /* Make sure we aren't patching a freed init section */
+        if (init_mem_is_free && init_section_contains(exec_addr, 4)) {
+                pr_debug("Skipping init section patching addr: 0x%px\n", exec_addr);
+                return 0;
+        }
+
         __put_user_size(instr, patch_addr, 4, err);
         if (err)
                 return err;