diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c
index 186f69b11e94d2e70518ca9aa761e43aac04a322..46971bb41d057492eb137bd0c9e75645fb5c0399 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int arch_uprobe_analyze_insn(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_31) &&
-	    ppc_inst_prefixed(auprobe->insn) &&
+	    ppc_inst_prefixed(ppc_inst_read(&auprobe->insn)) &&
 	    (addr & 0x3f) == 60) {
 		pr_info_ratelimited("Cannot register a uprobe on 64 byte unaligned prefixed instruction\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
index 870b30d9be2f85ca00c73fd7baf27804386bae41..0308429b0d1a356f87b0d9b02d850ab6fb68650c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
@@ -329,13 +329,13 @@ static unsigned long branch_iform_target(const struct ppc_inst *instr)
 {
 	signed long imm;
 
-	imm = ppc_inst_val(*instr) & 0x3FFFFFC;
+	imm = ppc_inst_val(ppc_inst_read(instr)) & 0x3FFFFFC;
 
 	/* If the top bit of the immediate value is set this is negative */
 	if (imm & 0x2000000)
 		imm -= 0x4000000;
 
-	if ((ppc_inst_val(*instr) & BRANCH_ABSOLUTE) == 0)
+	if ((ppc_inst_val(ppc_inst_read(instr)) & BRANCH_ABSOLUTE) == 0)
 		imm += (unsigned long)instr;
 
 	return (unsigned long)imm;
@@ -345,13 +345,13 @@ static unsigned long branch_bform_target(const struct ppc_inst *instr)
 {
 	signed long imm;
 
-	imm = ppc_inst_val(*instr) & 0xFFFC;
+	imm = ppc_inst_val(ppc_inst_read(instr)) & 0xFFFC;
 
 	/* If the top bit of the immediate value is set this is negative */
 	if (imm & 0x8000)
 		imm -= 0x10000;
 
-	if ((ppc_inst_val(*instr) & BRANCH_ABSOLUTE) == 0)
+	if ((ppc_inst_val(ppc_inst_read(instr)) & BRANCH_ABSOLUTE) == 0)
 		imm += (unsigned long)instr;
 
 	return (unsigned long)imm;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c
index 91bd2000d1802229d488563898fe04db258fff5a..5a4bdede11409ed3b3718bd62413c464d6139bec 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static int patch_alt_instruction(struct ppc_inst *src, struct ppc_inst *dest,
 
 	instr = ppc_inst_read(src);
 
-	if (instr_is_relative_branch(*src)) {
+	if (instr_is_relative_branch(ppc_inst_read(src))) {
 		struct ppc_inst *target = (struct ppc_inst *)branch_target(src);
 
 		/* Branch within the section doesn't need translating */