diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/system.h b/include/asm-powerpc/system.h
index 5b2ecbc4790770bbe4fc036dc5e9c1a90df2b35c..b5da0b851e02ee6c9e32f520389d90260b5c73c9 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/system.h
@@ -359,5 +359,53 @@ extern void reloc_got2(unsigned long);
 
 #define PTRRELOC(x)	((typeof(x)) add_reloc_offset((unsigned long)(x)))
 
+static inline void create_instruction(unsigned long addr, unsigned int instr)
+{
+	unsigned int *p;
+	p  = (unsigned int *)addr;
+	*p = instr;
+	asm ("dcbst 0, %0; sync; icbi 0,%0; sync; isync" : : "r" (p));
+}
+
+/* Flags for create_branch:
+ * "b"   == create_branch(addr, target, 0);
+ * "ba"  == create_branch(addr, target, BRANCH_ABSOLUTE);
+ * "bl"  == create_branch(addr, target, BRANCH_SET_LINK);
+ * "bla" == create_branch(addr, target, BRANCH_ABSOLUTE | BRANCH_SET_LINK);
+ */
+#define BRANCH_SET_LINK	0x1
+#define BRANCH_ABSOLUTE	0x2
+
+static inline void create_branch(unsigned long addr,
+		unsigned long target, int flags)
+{
+	unsigned int instruction;
+
+	if (! (flags & BRANCH_ABSOLUTE))
+		target = target - addr;
+
+	/* Mask out the flags and target, so they don't step on each other. */
+	instruction = 0x48000000 | (flags & 0x3) | (target & 0x03FFFFFC);
+
+	create_instruction(addr, instruction);
+}
+
+static inline void create_function_call(unsigned long addr, void * func)
+{
+	unsigned long func_addr;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+	/*
+	 * On PPC64 the function pointer actually points to the function's
+	 * descriptor. The first entry in the descriptor is the address
+	 * of the function text.
+	 */
+	func_addr = *(unsigned long *)func;
+#else
+	func_addr = (unsigned long)func;
+#endif
+	create_branch(addr, func_addr, BRANCH_SET_LINK);
+}
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_SYSTEM_H */