1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index e6d36b490250..03da9030d0ee 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -962,6 +962,13 @@ void free_init_pages(char *what, unsigned long begin, unsigned long end)
                 begin, PAGE_ALIGN(end));
         set_memory_np(begin, (end - begin) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 #else
+        /*
+         * We just marked the kernel text read only above, now that
+         * we are going to free part of that, we need to make that
+         * writeable first.
+         */
+        set_memory_rw(begin, (end - begin) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+
         printk(KERN_INFO "Freeing %s: %luk freed\n", what, (end - begin) >> 10);
 
         for (; addr < end; addr += PAGE_SIZE) {