diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
index abef812de7f8cb4f7ae5a178c67775f81d4a22f7..2c895e8d07f793d5fbe0a76a444eec9df02e1703 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ int patch_branch(unsigned int *addr, unsigned long target, int flags);
 int patch_instruction(unsigned int *addr, unsigned int instr);
 
 int instr_is_relative_branch(unsigned int instr);
+int instr_is_relative_link_branch(unsigned int instr);
 int instr_is_branch_to_addr(const unsigned int *instr, unsigned long addr);
 unsigned long branch_target(const unsigned int *instr);
 unsigned int translate_branch(const unsigned int *dest,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
index 1685b40f393514603ec15cf2c5b8fb8c5b1577b8..5b44668c0e4555dbc8ab0c5d0a8d993d999f994c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
@@ -487,7 +487,17 @@ static bool is_early_mcount_callsite(u32 *instruction)
    restore r2. */
 static int restore_r2(u32 *instruction, struct module *me)
 {
-	if (is_early_mcount_callsite(instruction - 1))
+	u32 *prev_insn = instruction - 1;
+
+	if (is_early_mcount_callsite(prev_insn))
+		return 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Make sure the branch isn't a sibling call.  Sibling calls aren't
+	 * "link" branches and they don't return, so they don't need the r2
+	 * restore afterwards.
+	 */
+	if (!instr_is_relative_link_branch(*prev_insn))
 		return 1;
 
 	if (*instruction != PPC_INST_NOP) {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
index d469224c4ada8c23b923dc077b6249fa79ae0583..096d4e4d31e6359801f15d9b38f88d1ab275d0fc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
@@ -302,6 +302,11 @@ int instr_is_relative_branch(unsigned int instr)
 	return instr_is_branch_iform(instr) || instr_is_branch_bform(instr);
 }
 
+int instr_is_relative_link_branch(unsigned int instr)
+{
+	return instr_is_relative_branch(instr) && (instr & BRANCH_SET_LINK);
+}
+
 static unsigned long branch_iform_target(const unsigned int *instr)
 {
 	signed long imm;