diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
index 1c6316ec4b74f9bdc9722bfd03d9e1cbf39be6cf..3f881548fb61c12fcd04a9d8a5cf518aeb6d706b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 #define BRANCH_SET_LINK	0x1
 #define BRANCH_ABSOLUTE	0x2
 
-DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(init_mem_is_free);
-
 /*
  * Powerpc branch instruction is :
  *
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
index a6a5047f8ba2324abfc28d6f4aea49475a006a36..73ce4b90bb1b808949251684fc96a84dd803ca40 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static int __do_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int do_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
+int patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
 {
 	int err;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -372,17 +372,6 @@ static int do_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
 
 	return err;
 }
-
-__ro_after_init DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(init_mem_is_free);
-
-int patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
-{
-	/* Make sure we aren't patching a freed init section */
-	if (static_branch_likely(&init_mem_is_free) && init_section_contains(addr, 4))
-		return 0;
-
-	return do_patch_instruction(addr, instr);
-}
 NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(patch_instruction);
 
 int patch_branch(u32 *addr, unsigned long target, int flags)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index 84d171953ba44eb4fbcfb42772da104404554ff3..8b121df7b08f8677d72c08fa0d63b1d7509fef96 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ void free_initmem(void)
 {
 	ppc_md.progress = ppc_printk_progress;
 	mark_initmem_nx();
-	static_branch_enable(&init_mem_is_free);
 	free_initmem_default(POISON_FREE_INITMEM);
 	ftrace_free_init_tramp();
 }