diff --git a/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
index a4ce3314e78e..4ebd4e65524c 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(16);
 	/* Linkage tables */
 	.opd : {
+		__start_opd = .;
 		*(.opd)
+		__end_opd = .;
 	} PROVIDE (__gp = .);
 	.plt : {
 		*(.plt)
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/sections.h
index accdf40aa5b7..5a40b51df80c 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -6,8 +6,14 @@
 #include <asm-generic/sections.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+
+#define HAVE_DEREFERENCE_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTOR 1
+
 #undef dereference_function_descriptor
 void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *);
+
+#undef dereference_kernel_function_descriptor
+void *dereference_kernel_function_descriptor(void *);
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
index f1a76935a314..b5b3cb00f1fb 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/unwind.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 
 #if 0
 #define DEBUGP printk
@@ -954,3 +955,18 @@ void module_arch_cleanup(struct module *mod)
 {
 	deregister_unwind_table(mod);
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+void *dereference_module_function_descriptor(struct module *mod, void *ptr)
+{
+	unsigned long start_opd = (Elf64_Addr)mod->core_layout.base +
+				   mod->arch.fdesc_offset;
+	unsigned long end_opd = start_opd +
+				mod->arch.fdesc_count * sizeof(Elf64_Fdesc);
+
+	if (ptr < (void *)start_opd || ptr >= (void *)end_opd)
+		return ptr;
+
+	return dereference_function_descriptor(ptr);
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c
index 30f92391a93e..6c4585103a91 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c
@@ -276,6 +276,15 @@ void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *ptr)
 		ptr = p;
 	return ptr;
 }
+
+void *dereference_kernel_function_descriptor(void *ptr)
+{
+	if (ptr < (void *)__start_opd ||
+			ptr >= (void *)__end_opd)
+		return ptr;
+
+	return dereference_function_descriptor(ptr);
+}
 #endif
 
 static inline unsigned long brk_rnd(void)
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 159a2ec0b4e0..da2e31190efa 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(16);
 	/* Linkage tables */
 	.opd : {
+		__start_opd = .;
 		*(.opd)
+		__end_opd = .;
 	} PROVIDE (__gp = .);
 	.plt : {
 		*(.plt)