diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index c533525ca56a67840aeb6a24001506a90175ca3d..bc47352deb1fec8f76fc1ac9f094c941cc2a9e4f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -378,17 +378,6 @@ static int __kprobes trampoline_probe_handler(struct kprobe *p,
  * single-stepped a copy of the instruction.  The address of this
  * copy is p->ainsn.insn.
  */
-static void __kprobes resume_execution(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
-	int ret;
-	unsigned int insn = *p->ainsn.insn;
-
-	regs->nip = (unsigned long)p->addr;
-	ret = emulate_step(regs, insn);
-	if (ret == 0)
-		regs->nip = (unsigned long)p->addr + 4;
-}
-
 static int __kprobes post_kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct kprobe *cur = kprobe_running();
@@ -406,7 +395,8 @@ static int __kprobes post_kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		cur->post_handler(cur, regs, 0);
 	}
 
-	resume_execution(cur, regs);
+	/* Adjust nip to after the single-stepped instruction */
+	regs->nip = (unsigned long)cur->addr + 4;
 	regs->msr |= kcb->kprobe_saved_msr;
 
 	/*Restore back the original saved kprobes variables and continue. */