diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash.h
index 0ce513f2926f12680ce1570266550eb8b2b09eeb..36fc7bfe9e1140d1e5eabc781199851a6445d51a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ static inline int hash__pgd_bad(pgd_t pgd)
 }
 #ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 extern void hash__mark_rodata_ro(void);
+extern void hash__mark_initmem_nx(void);
 #endif
 
 extern void hpte_need_flush(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
index c0737c86a36272b1df213a41c4c75426c16d9178..d1da415e283cd270d8d2d089508558d369c7cf98 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
@@ -1192,5 +1192,6 @@ static inline const int pud_pfn(pud_t pud)
 	BUILD_BUG();
 	return 0;
 }
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_BOOK3S_64_PGTABLE_H_ */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
index 487709ff6875bd61d6b6cc7c8652c7e27f8404a2..544440b5aff395c1d00076af87dec8b15628dd77 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 extern void radix__mark_rodata_ro(void);
+extern void radix__mark_initmem_nx(void);
 #endif
 
 static inline unsigned long __radix_pte_update(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long clr,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index dd01212935acacd32504e0ab2783b6670674f744..afae9a336136a4916c9912d3fd7f8c8f268406f2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ unsigned long vmalloc_to_phys(void *vmalloc_addr);
 
 void pgtable_cache_add(unsigned shift, void (*ctor)(void *));
 void pgtable_cache_init(void);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
+void mark_initmem_nx(void);
+#else
+static inline void mark_initmem_nx(void) { }
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_PGTABLE_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index 8541f18694a4a6d8003b32ad29f7c192f190ef6e..46b4e67d2372328231b47c7e225af6d780fde022 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 void free_initmem(void)
 {
 	ppc_md.progress = ppc_printk_progress;
+	mark_initmem_nx();
 	free_initmem_default(POISON_FREE_INITMEM);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-hash64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-hash64.c
index 73019c52141ff8c11c55822b162307575e5d7b53..443a2c66a30467d7bea260d6a7d01df19d55c33a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-hash64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-hash64.c
@@ -460,4 +460,16 @@ void hash__mark_rodata_ro(void)
 
 	WARN_ON(!hash__change_memory_range(start, end, PP_RXXX));
 }
+
+void hash__mark_initmem_nx(void)
+{
+	unsigned long start, end, pp;
+
+	start = (unsigned long)__init_begin;
+	end = (unsigned long)__init_end;
+
+	pp = htab_convert_pte_flags(pgprot_val(PAGE_KERNEL));
+
+	WARN_ON(!hash__change_memory_range(start, end, pp));
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
index 336e52ec652cf59129532e801d3696827eee20b3..5cc50d47ce3f99f4bf331a4b6a4c4be18c46379e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
@@ -162,6 +162,14 @@ void radix__mark_rodata_ro(void)
 
 	radix__change_memory_range(start, end, _PAGE_WRITE);
 }
+
+void radix__mark_initmem_nx(void)
+{
+	unsigned long start = (unsigned long)__init_begin;
+	unsigned long end = (unsigned long)__init_end;
+
+	radix__change_memory_range(start, end, _PAGE_EXEC);
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX */
 
 static inline void __meminit print_mapping(unsigned long start,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
index 5c0b795d656c4298fc36aaac72d15d58359f23e7..0736e94c7615a67b2efd8bd39e237bb757a8e74c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
@@ -505,4 +505,12 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
 	else
 		hash__mark_rodata_ro();
 }
+
+void mark_initmem_nx(void)
+{
+	if (radix_enabled())
+		radix__mark_initmem_nx();
+	else
+		hash__mark_initmem_nx();
+}
 #endif