diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
index 5482928eea1beb64b0f018bc5d7f74a94a998e50..abef812de7f8cb4f7ae5a178c67775f81d4a22f7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
@@ -83,16 +83,8 @@ static inline unsigned long ppc_function_entry(void *func)
 	 * On PPC64 ABIv1 the function pointer actually points to the
 	 * function's descriptor. The first entry in the descriptor is the
 	 * address of the function text.
-	 *
-	 * However, we may also receive pointer to an assembly symbol. To
-	 * detect that, we first check if the function pointer we receive
-	 * already points to kernel/module text and we only dereference it
-	 * if it doesn't.
 	 */
-	if (kernel_text_address((unsigned long)func))
-		return (unsigned long)func;
-	else
-		return ((func_descr_t *)func)->entry;
+	return ((func_descr_t *)func)->entry;
 #else
 	return (unsigned long)func;
 #endif