diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index bfe901353142f9d835eafa01cbf37b58868d0e10..115b25f50bf83786965380f041d301bad44218e0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -279,14 +279,13 @@ int __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
 #endif /* CONFIG_8xx */
 
 	if (is_exec) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+#if !(defined(CONFIG_4xx) || defined(CONFIG_BOOKE))
 		/* protection fault */
 		if (error_code & DSISR_PROTFAULT)
 			goto bad_area;
 		if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC))
 			goto bad_area;
-#endif
-#if defined(CONFIG_4xx) || defined(CONFIG_BOOKE)
+#else
 		pte_t *ptep;
 		pmd_t *pmdp;