diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h
index 1a951b00465d..1fffbba8d6a5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ extern void ppc_printk_progress(char *s, unsigned short hex);
 
 extern unsigned int rtas_data;
 extern unsigned long long memory_limit;
+extern bool init_mem_is_free;
 extern unsigned long klimit;
 extern void *zalloc_maybe_bootmem(size_t size, gfp_t mask);
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
index 850f3b8f4da5..6ae2777c220d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ static int __patch_instruction(unsigned int *exec_addr, unsigned int instr,
 {
 	int err;
 
+	/* Make sure we aren't patching a freed init section */
+	if (init_mem_is_free && init_section_contains(exec_addr, 4)) {
+		pr_debug("Skipping init section patching addr: 0x%px\n", exec_addr);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	__put_user_size(instr, patch_addr, 4, err);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index 5c8530d0c611..04ccb274a620 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 #endif
 
 unsigned long long memory_limit;
+bool init_mem_is_free;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 pte_t *kmap_pte;
@@ -396,6 +397,7 @@ void free_initmem(void)
 {
 	ppc_md.progress = ppc_printk_progress;
 	mark_initmem_nx();
+	init_mem_is_free = true;
 	free_initmem_default(POISON_FREE_INITMEM);
 }