diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index 059e762e8995e4461871725d61f4b65f8e43a17b..ab962212069648a920876c6ddce1061d4f8bd474 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ int do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
 	int is_write = 0;
 	int trap = TRAP(regs);
  	int is_exec = trap == 0x400;
+	int is_user = user_mode(regs);
 	int fault;
 	int rc = 0, store_update_sp = 0;
 
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ int do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
 	 * The kernel should never take an execute fault nor should it
 	 * take a page fault to a kernel address.
 	 */
-	if (!user_mode(regs) && (is_exec || (address >= TASK_SIZE))) {
+	if (!is_user && (is_exec || (address >= TASK_SIZE))) {
 		rc = SIGSEGV;
 		goto bail;
 	}
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ int do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
 		local_irq_enable();
 
 	if (faulthandler_disabled() || mm == NULL) {
-		if (!user_mode(regs)) {
+		if (!is_user) {
 			rc = SIGSEGV;
 			goto bail;
 		}
@@ -287,10 +288,10 @@ int do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
 	 * can result in fault, which will cause a deadlock when called with
 	 * mmap_sem held
 	 */
-	if (is_write && user_mode(regs))
+	if (is_write && is_user)
 		store_update_sp = store_updates_sp(regs);
 
-	if (user_mode(regs))
+	if (is_user)
 		flags |= FAULT_FLAG_USER;
 
 	/* When running in the kernel we expect faults to occur only to
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ int do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
 	 * thus avoiding the deadlock.
 	 */
 	if (!down_read_trylock(&mm->mmap_sem)) {
-		if (!user_mode(regs) && !search_exception_tables(regs->nip))
+		if (!is_user && !search_exception_tables(regs->nip))
 			goto bad_area_nosemaphore;
 
 retry:
@@ -509,7 +510,7 @@ int do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
 
 bad_area_nosemaphore:
 	/* User mode accesses cause a SIGSEGV */
-	if (user_mode(regs)) {
+	if (is_user) {
 		_exception(SIGSEGV, regs, code, address);
 		goto bail;
 	}