diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
index 21d889e63e87..a7572cf464bd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -244,6 +244,13 @@ syscall_exit_cont:
 	andis.	r10,r0,DBCR0_IC@h
 	bnel-	load_dbcr0
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_44x
+	lis	r4,icache_44x_need_flush@ha
+	lwz	r5,icache_44x_need_flush@l(r4)
+	cmplwi	cr0,r5,0
+	bne-	2f
+1:
+#endif /* CONFIG_44x */
 	stwcx.	r0,0,r1			/* to clear the reservation */
 	lwz	r4,_LINK(r1)
 	lwz	r5,_CCR(r1)
@@ -258,6 +265,12 @@ syscall_exit_cont:
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r8
 	SYNC
 	RFI
+#ifdef CONFIG_44x
+2:	li	r7,0
+	iccci	r0,r0
+	stw	r7,icache_44x_need_flush@l(r4)
+	b	1b
+#endif  /* CONFIG_44x */
 
 66:	li	r3,-ENOSYS
 	b	ret_from_syscall
@@ -683,6 +696,16 @@ resume_kernel:
 
 	/* interrupts are hard-disabled at this point */
 restore:
+#ifdef CONFIG_44x
+	lis	r4,icache_44x_need_flush@ha
+	lwz	r5,icache_44x_need_flush@l(r4)
+	cmplwi	cr0,r5,0
+	beq+	1f
+	li	r6,0
+	iccci	r0,r0
+	stw	r6,icache_44x_need_flush@l(r4)
+1:
+#endif  /* CONFIG_44x */
 	lwz	r0,GPR0(r1)
 	lwz	r2,GPR2(r1)
 	REST_4GPRS(3, r1)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
index 0ed2c7eddc9e..8b642ab26d37 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
@@ -543,12 +543,21 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE)
 	addi	r3,r3,L1_CACHE_BYTES
 	bdnz	0b
 	sync
+#ifndef CONFIG_44x
+	/* We don't flush the icache on 44x. Those have a virtual icache
+	 * and we don't have access to the virtual address here (it's
+	 * not the page vaddr but where it's mapped in user space). The
+	 * flushing of the icache on these is handled elsewhere, when
+	 * a change in the address space occurs, before returning to
+	 * user space
+	 */
 	mtctr	r4
 1:	icbi	0,r6
 	addi	r6,r6,L1_CACHE_BYTES
 	bdnz	1b
 	sync
 	isync
+#endif /* CONFIG_44x */
 	blr
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/44x_mmu.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/44x_mmu.c
index c3df50476539..04dc08798d3d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/44x_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/44x_mmu.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
  */
 unsigned int tlb_44x_index; /* = 0 */
 unsigned int tlb_44x_hwater = PPC44x_TLB_SIZE - 1 - PPC44x_EARLY_TLBS;
+int icache_44x_need_flush;
 
 /*
  * "Pins" a 256MB TLB entry in AS0 for kernel lowmem
diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/entry.S b/arch/ppc/kernel/entry.S
index fba7ca17a67e..b19bfef2034d 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/entry.S
@@ -244,6 +244,13 @@ syscall_exit_cont:
 	andis.	r10,r0,DBCR0_IC@h
 	bnel-	load_dbcr0
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_44x
+	lis	r4,icache_44x_need_flush@ha
+	lwz	r5,icache_44x_need_flush@l(r4)
+	cmplwi	cr0,r5,0
+	bne-	2f
+1:
+#endif /* CONFIG_44x */
 	stwcx.	r0,0,r1			/* to clear the reservation */
 	lwz	r4,_LINK(r1)
 	lwz	r5,_CCR(r1)
@@ -258,6 +265,12 @@ syscall_exit_cont:
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r8
 	SYNC
 	RFI
+#ifdef CONFIG_44x
+2:	li	r7,0
+	iccci	r0,r0
+	stw	r7,icache_44x_need_flush@l(r4)
+	b	1b
+#endif  /* CONFIG_44x */
 
 66:	li	r3,-ENOSYS
 	b	ret_from_syscall
@@ -679,6 +692,16 @@ resume_kernel:
 
 	/* interrupts are hard-disabled at this point */
 restore:
+#ifdef CONFIG_44x
+	lis	r4,icache_44x_need_flush@ha
+	lwz	r5,icache_44x_need_flush@l(r4)
+	cmplwi	cr0,r5,0
+	beq+	1f
+	li	r6,0
+	iccci	r0,r0
+	stw	r6,icache_44x_need_flush@l(r4)
+1:
+#endif  /* CONFIG_44x */
 	lwz	r0,GPR0(r1)
 	lwz	r2,GPR2(r1)
 	REST_4GPRS(3, r1)
diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S b/arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S
index 2b81e71d6b2d..e0c850d85c53 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S
@@ -499,12 +499,21 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE)
 	addi	r3,r3,L1_CACHE_BYTES
 	bdnz	0b
 	sync
+#ifndef CONFIG_44x
+	/* We don't flush the icache on 44x. Those have a virtual icache
+	 * and we don't have access to the virtual address here (it's
+	 * not the page vaddr but where it's mapped in user space). The
+	 * flushing of the icache on these is handled elsewhere, when
+	 * a change in the address space occurs, before returning to
+	 * user space
+	 */
 	mtctr	r4
 1:	icbi	0,r6
 	addi	r6,r6,L1_CACHE_BYTES
 	bdnz	1b
 	sync
 	isync
+#endif /* CONFIG_44x */
 	blr
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/ppc/mm/44x_mmu.c b/arch/ppc/mm/44x_mmu.c
index 0a0a0487b334..6536a25cfcb8 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/mm/44x_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/mm/44x_mmu.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ extern char etext[], _stext[];
  */
 unsigned int tlb_44x_index = 0;
 unsigned int tlb_44x_hwater = 62;
+int icache_44x_need_flush;
 
 /*
  * "Pins" a 256MB TLB entry in AS0 for kernel lowmem
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/pgtable-ppc32.h b/include/asm-powerpc/pgtable-ppc32.h
index 86a54a4a8a2a..fea2d8ff1e73 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/pgtable-ppc32.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/pgtable-ppc32.h
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 extern unsigned long va_to_phys(unsigned long address);
 extern pte_t *va_to_pte(unsigned long address);
 extern unsigned long ioremap_bot, ioremap_base;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_44x
+extern int icache_44x_need_flush;
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 /*
@@ -562,6 +567,10 @@ static inline unsigned long pte_update(pte_t *p, unsigned long clr,
 	: "=&r" (old), "=&r" (tmp), "=m" (*p)
 	: "r" (p), "r" (clr), "r" (set), "m" (*p)
 	: "cc" );
+#ifdef CONFIG_44x
+	if ((old & _PAGE_USER) && (old & _PAGE_HWEXEC))
+		icache_44x_need_flush = 1;
+#endif
 	return old;
 }
 #else
@@ -582,6 +591,10 @@ static inline unsigned long long pte_update(pte_t *p, unsigned long clr,
 	: "=&r" (old), "=&r" (tmp), "=m" (*p)
 	: "r" (p), "r" ((unsigned long)(p) + 4), "r" (clr), "r" (set), "m" (*p)
 	: "cc" );
+#ifdef CONFIG_44x
+	if ((old & _PAGE_USER) && (old & _PAGE_HWEXEC))
+		icache_44x_need_flush = 1;
+#endif
 	return old;
 }
 #endif