diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug b/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
index 6293920cd1be394c32d7161dc05858fedfed6ef3..b31c0802e1ccf53f1e5a677e802c5e34166ebc54 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
 config DEBUG_RODATA
 	bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
-	depends on !KPROBES # temporary for 2.6.22
 	help
 	  Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
 	  in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/init.c b/arch/i386/mm/init.c
index b22ce8d6b1ba64c76db039bccdf2920ca9a20061..7135946d366322ade4cb529372f7389647a91d31 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/init.c
@@ -799,6 +799,7 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
 	unsigned long start = PFN_ALIGN(_text);
 	unsigned long size = PFN_ALIGN(_etext) - start;
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_KPROBES
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	/* It must still be possible to apply SMP alternatives. */
 	if (num_possible_cpus() <= 1)
@@ -808,7 +809,7 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
 		                 size >> PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_KERNEL_RX);
 		printk("Write protecting the kernel text: %luk\n", size >> 10);
 	}
-
+#endif
 	start += size;
 	size = (unsigned long)__end_rodata - start;
 	change_page_attr(virt_to_page(start),
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug
index 8a8677518447ca6624fa0e7b9545772ee6a77959..775d211a5cf93983ca1fd97c64f56fc18c3f8213 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
 config DEBUG_RODATA
        bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
-       depends on !KPROBES # temporary for 2.6.22
        help
 	 Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
 	 in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const data.
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c b/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
index efb6e845114ec727430860981b03b22495f9d299..9a0e98accf04aae3e11282e3079fd747afa646a3 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
@@ -605,6 +605,11 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
 	if (num_possible_cpus() > 1)
 		start = (unsigned long)_etext;
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
+	start = (unsigned long)__start_rodata;
+#endif
+	
 	end = (unsigned long)__end_rodata;
 	start = (start + PAGE_SIZE - 1) & PAGE_MASK;
 	end &= PAGE_MASK;