diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c
index 40dd52d81c18..af07003573c4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.c
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ int module_finalize(const Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
 				  (void *)sect->sh_addr + sect->sh_size);
 #endif
 
+	sect = find_section(hdr, sechdrs, "__lwsync_fixup");
+	if (sect != NULL)
+		do_lwsync_fixups(cur_cpu_spec->cpu_features,
+				 (void *)sect->sh_addr,
+				 (void *)sect->sh_addr + sect->sh_size);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
index 9e83add54290..0109e7f0ccf9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ unsigned long __init early_init(unsigned long dt_ptr)
 			  PTRRELOC(&__start___ftr_fixup),
 			  PTRRELOC(&__stop___ftr_fixup));
 
+	do_lwsync_fixups(spec->cpu_features,
+			 PTRRELOC(&__start___lwsync_fixup),
+			 PTRRELOC(&__stop___lwsync_fixup));
+
 	return KERNELBASE + offset;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
index 098fd96a394a..04d8de9f0fc6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -363,6 +363,8 @@ void __init setup_system(void)
 			  &__start___ftr_fixup, &__stop___ftr_fixup);
 	do_feature_fixups(powerpc_firmware_features,
 			  &__start___fw_ftr_fixup, &__stop___fw_ftr_fixup);
+	do_lwsync_fixups(cur_cpu_spec->cpu_features,
+			 &__start___lwsync_fixup, &__stop___lwsync_fixup);
 
 	/*
 	 * Unflatten the device-tree passed by prom_init or kexec
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
index ce245a850db2..f177c60ea766 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -571,6 +571,11 @@ static __init int vdso_fixup_features(struct lib32_elfinfo *v32,
 	if (start64)
 		do_feature_fixups(powerpc_firmware_features,
 				  start64, start64 + size64);
+
+	start64 = find_section64(v64->hdr, "__lwsync_fixup", &size64);
+	if (start64)
+		do_lwsync_fixups(cur_cpu_spec->cpu_features,
+				 start64, start64 + size64);
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
 
 	start32 = find_section32(v32->hdr, "__ftr_fixup", &size32);
@@ -585,6 +590,11 @@ static __init int vdso_fixup_features(struct lib32_elfinfo *v32,
 				  start32, start32 + size32);
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
 
+	start32 = find_section32(v32->hdr, "__lwsync_fixup", &size32);
+	if (start32)
+		do_lwsync_fixups(cur_cpu_spec->cpu_features,
+				 start32, start32 + size32);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
index 271793577cdc..be3b6a41dc09 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(8);
 	__ftr_fixup	: { *(__ftr_fixup) }
 
+	. = ALIGN(8);
+	__lwsync_fixup	: { *(__lwsync_fixup) }
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 	. = ALIGN(8);
 	__fw_ftr_fixup	: { *(__fw_ftr_fixup) }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S
index e608d1bd3bff..d0b2526dd38d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(8);
 	__ftr_fixup	: { *(__ftr_fixup) }
 
+	. = ALIGN(8);
+	__lwsync_fixup	: { *(__lwsync_fixup) }
+
 	. = ALIGN(8);
 	__fw_ftr_fixup	: { *(__fw_ftr_fixup) }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 3c07811989fc..6856f6c15727 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(__ftr_fixup)
 		__stop___ftr_fixup = .;
 	}
+	. = ALIGN(8);
+	__lwsync_fixup : AT(ADDR(__lwsync_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+		__start___lwsync_fixup = .;
+		*(__lwsync_fixup)
+		__stop___lwsync_fixup = .;
+	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 	. = ALIGN(8);
 	__fw_ftr_fixup : AT(ADDR(__fw_ftr_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups-test.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups-test.S
index 0549be04399c..cb737484c5aa 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups-test.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups-test.S
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/feature-fixups.h>
 #include <asm/ppc_asm.h>
+#include <asm/synch.h>
 
 	.text
 
@@ -725,3 +726,17 @@ MAKE_MACRO_TEST_EXPECTED(FTR);
 MAKE_MACRO_TEST(FW_FTR);
 MAKE_MACRO_TEST_EXPECTED(FW_FTR);
 #endif
+
+globl(lwsync_fixup_test)
+1:	or	1,1,1
+	LWSYNC
+globl(end_lwsync_fixup_test)
+
+globl(lwsync_fixup_test_expected_LWSYNC)
+1:	or	1,1,1
+	lwsync
+
+globl(lwsync_fixup_test_expected_SYNC)
+1:	or	1,1,1
+	sync
+
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c
index 48e1ed89052d..4e43702b9813 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c
@@ -110,6 +110,22 @@ void do_feature_fixups(unsigned long value, void *fixup_start, void *fixup_end)
 	}
 }
 
+void do_lwsync_fixups(unsigned long value, void *fixup_start, void *fixup_end)
+{
+	unsigned int *start, *end, *dest;
+
+	if (!(value & CPU_FTR_LWSYNC))
+		return ;
+
+	start = fixup_start;
+	end = fixup_end;
+
+	for (; start < end; start++) {
+		dest = (void *)start + *start;
+		patch_instruction(dest, PPC_LWSYNC_INSTR);
+	}
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTR_FIXUP_SELFTEST
 
 #define check(x)	\
@@ -295,6 +311,25 @@ static void test_fw_macros(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+static void test_lwsync_macros(void)
+{
+	extern void lwsync_fixup_test;
+	extern void end_lwsync_fixup_test;
+	extern void lwsync_fixup_test_expected_LWSYNC;
+	extern void lwsync_fixup_test_expected_SYNC;
+	unsigned long size = &end_lwsync_fixup_test -
+			     &lwsync_fixup_test;
+
+	/* The fixups have already been done for us during boot */
+	if (cur_cpu_spec->cpu_features & CPU_FTR_LWSYNC) {
+		check(memcmp(&lwsync_fixup_test,
+			     &lwsync_fixup_test_expected_LWSYNC, size) == 0);
+	} else {
+		check(memcmp(&lwsync_fixup_test,
+			     &lwsync_fixup_test_expected_SYNC, size) == 0);
+	}
+}
+
 static int __init test_feature_fixups(void)
 {
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "Running feature fixup self-tests ...\n");
@@ -307,6 +342,7 @@ static int __init test_feature_fixups(void)
 	test_alternative_case_with_external_branch();
 	test_cpu_macros();
 	test_fw_macros();
+	test_lwsync_macros();
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/code-patching.h b/include/asm-powerpc/code-patching.h
index ef3a5d156dba..107d9b915e33 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/code-patching.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/code-patching.h
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 
 #include <asm/types.h>
 
-#define PPC_NOP_INSTR	0x60000000
+#define PPC_NOP_INSTR		0x60000000
+#define PPC_LWSYNC_INSTR	0x7c2004ac
 
 /* Flags for create_branch:
  * "b"   == create_branch(addr, target, 0);
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h b/include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h
index 4e4491cb9d3b..3171ac904b91 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ extern void do_feature_fixups(unsigned long value, void *fixup_start,
 #define CPU_FTR_UNIFIED_ID_CACHE	ASM_CONST(0x0000000001000000)
 #define CPU_FTR_SPE			ASM_CONST(0x0000000002000000)
 #define CPU_FTR_NEED_PAIRED_STWCX	ASM_CONST(0x0000000004000000)
+#define CPU_FTR_LWSYNC			ASM_CONST(0x0000000008000000)
 
 /*
  * Add the 64-bit processor unique features in the top half of the word;
@@ -369,43 +370,43 @@ extern void do_feature_fixups(unsigned long value, void *fixup_start,
 	    CPU_FTR_NODSISRALIGN)
 #define CPU_FTRS_E500MC	(CPU_FTR_MAYBE_CAN_DOZE | CPU_FTR_USE_TB | \
 	    CPU_FTR_MAYBE_CAN_NAP | CPU_FTR_BIG_PHYS | CPU_FTR_NODSISRALIGN | \
-	    CPU_FTR_L2CSR)
+	    CPU_FTR_L2CSR | CPU_FTR_LWSYNC)
 #define CPU_FTRS_GENERIC_32	(CPU_FTR_COMMON | CPU_FTR_NODSISRALIGN)
 
 /* 64-bit CPUs */
-#define CPU_FTRS_POWER3	(CPU_FTR_USE_TB | \
+#define CPU_FTRS_POWER3	(CPU_FTR_USE_TB | CPU_FTR_LWSYNC | \
 	    CPU_FTR_HPTE_TABLE | CPU_FTR_IABR | CPU_FTR_PPC_LE)
-#define CPU_FTRS_RS64	(CPU_FTR_USE_TB | \
+#define CPU_FTRS_RS64	(CPU_FTR_USE_TB | CPU_FTR_LWSYNC | \
 	    CPU_FTR_HPTE_TABLE | CPU_FTR_IABR | \
 	    CPU_FTR_MMCRA | CPU_FTR_CTRL)
-#define CPU_FTRS_POWER4	(CPU_FTR_USE_TB | \
+#define CPU_FTRS_POWER4	(CPU_FTR_USE_TB | CPU_FTR_LWSYNC | \
 	    CPU_FTR_HPTE_TABLE | CPU_FTR_PPCAS_ARCH_V2 | CPU_FTR_CTRL | \
 	    CPU_FTR_MMCRA)
-#define CPU_FTRS_PPC970	(CPU_FTR_USE_TB | \
+#define CPU_FTRS_PPC970	(CPU_FTR_USE_TB | CPU_FTR_LWSYNC | \
 	    CPU_FTR_HPTE_TABLE | CPU_FTR_PPCAS_ARCH_V2 | CPU_FTR_CTRL | \
 	    CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC_COMP | CPU_FTR_CAN_NAP | CPU_FTR_MMCRA)
-#define CPU_FTRS_POWER5	(CPU_FTR_USE_TB | \
+#define CPU_FTRS_POWER5	(CPU_FTR_USE_TB | CPU_FTR_LWSYNC | \
 	    CPU_FTR_HPTE_TABLE | CPU_FTR_PPCAS_ARCH_V2 | CPU_FTR_CTRL | \
 	    CPU_FTR_MMCRA | CPU_FTR_SMT | \
 	    CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE | CPU_FTR_LOCKLESS_TLBIE | \
 	    CPU_FTR_PURR)
-#define CPU_FTRS_POWER6 (CPU_FTR_USE_TB | \
+#define CPU_FTRS_POWER6 (CPU_FTR_USE_TB | CPU_FTR_LWSYNC | \
 	    CPU_FTR_HPTE_TABLE | CPU_FTR_PPCAS_ARCH_V2 | CPU_FTR_CTRL | \
 	    CPU_FTR_MMCRA | CPU_FTR_SMT | \
 	    CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE | CPU_FTR_LOCKLESS_TLBIE | \
 	    CPU_FTR_PURR | CPU_FTR_SPURR | CPU_FTR_REAL_LE | \
 	    CPU_FTR_DSCR)
-#define CPU_FTRS_POWER7 (CPU_FTR_USE_TB | \
+#define CPU_FTRS_POWER7 (CPU_FTR_USE_TB | CPU_FTR_LWSYNC | \
 	    CPU_FTR_HPTE_TABLE | CPU_FTR_PPCAS_ARCH_V2 | CPU_FTR_CTRL | \
 	    CPU_FTR_MMCRA | CPU_FTR_SMT | \
 	    CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE | CPU_FTR_LOCKLESS_TLBIE | \
 	    CPU_FTR_PURR | CPU_FTR_SPURR | CPU_FTR_REAL_LE | \
 	    CPU_FTR_DSCR)
-#define CPU_FTRS_CELL	(CPU_FTR_USE_TB | \
+#define CPU_FTRS_CELL	(CPU_FTR_USE_TB | CPU_FTR_LWSYNC | \
 	    CPU_FTR_HPTE_TABLE | CPU_FTR_PPCAS_ARCH_V2 | CPU_FTR_CTRL | \
 	    CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC_COMP | CPU_FTR_MMCRA | CPU_FTR_SMT | \
 	    CPU_FTR_PAUSE_ZERO | CPU_FTR_CI_LARGE_PAGE | CPU_FTR_CELL_TB_BUG)
-#define CPU_FTRS_PA6T (CPU_FTR_USE_TB | \
+#define CPU_FTRS_PA6T (CPU_FTR_USE_TB | CPU_FTR_LWSYNC | \
 	    CPU_FTR_HPTE_TABLE | CPU_FTR_PPCAS_ARCH_V2 | \
 	    CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC_COMP | CPU_FTR_CI_LARGE_PAGE | \
 	    CPU_FTR_PURR | CPU_FTR_REAL_LE | CPU_FTR_NO_SLBIE_B)
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/feature-fixups.h b/include/asm-powerpc/feature-fixups.h
index ab30129dced7..a1029967620b 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/feature-fixups.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/feature-fixups.h
@@ -113,4 +113,14 @@ label##5:					       	\
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
+/* LWSYNC feature sections */
+#define START_LWSYNC_SECTION(label)	label##1:
+#define MAKE_LWSYNC_SECTION_ENTRY(label, sect)		\
+label##2:						\
+	.pushsection sect,"a";				\
+	.align 2;					\
+label##3:					       	\
+	.long label##1b-label##3b;			\
+	.popsection;
+
 #endif /* __ASM_POWERPC_FEATURE_FIXUPS_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/synch.h b/include/asm-powerpc/synch.h
index 42a1ef590690..45963e80f557 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/synch.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/synch.h
@@ -3,24 +3,12 @@
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
+#include <asm/feature-fixups.h>
 
-#if defined(__powerpc64__) || defined(CONFIG_PPC_E500MC)
-#define __SUBARCH_HAS_LWSYNC
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __SUBARCH_HAS_LWSYNC
-#    define LWSYNC	lwsync
-#else
-#    define LWSYNC	sync
-#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-#define ISYNC_ON_SMP	"\n\tisync\n"
-#define LWSYNC_ON_SMP	__stringify(LWSYNC) "\n"
-#else
-#define ISYNC_ON_SMP
-#define LWSYNC_ON_SMP
-#endif
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+extern unsigned int __start___lwsync_fixup, __stop___lwsync_fixup;
+extern void do_lwsync_fixups(unsigned long value, void *fixup_start,
+			     void *fixup_end);
 
 static inline void eieio(void)
 {
@@ -31,6 +19,26 @@ static inline void isync(void)
 {
 	__asm__ __volatile__ ("isync" : : : "memory");
 }
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+#if defined(__powerpc64__)
+#    define LWSYNC	lwsync
+#elif defined(CONFIG_E500)
+#    define LWSYNC					\
+	START_LWSYNC_SECTION(96);			\
+	sync;						\
+	MAKE_LWSYNC_SECTION_ENTRY(96, __lwsync_fixup);
+#else
+#    define LWSYNC	sync
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+#define ISYNC_ON_SMP	"\n\tisync\n"
+#define LWSYNC_ON_SMP	stringify_in_c(LWSYNC) "\n"
+#else
+#define ISYNC_ON_SMP
+#define LWSYNC_ON_SMP
+#endif
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif	/* _ASM_POWERPC_SYNCH_H */