1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
index 7710e9e6660f..07956f3e7844 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #define _ASM_POWERPC_SECTIONS_H
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
+#include <linux/elf.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm-generic/sections.h>
 
 #ifdef __powerpc64__
@@ -17,7 +19,15 @@ static inline int in_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
 }
 
 #undef dereference_function_descriptor
-void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *);
+static inline void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *ptr)
+{
+        struct ppc64_opd_entry *desc = ptr;
+        void *p;
+
+        if (!probe_kernel_address(&desc->funcaddr, p))
+                ptr = p;
+        return ptr;
+}
 
 #endif