diff --git a/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c b/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
index 1bdb1aff0619..e4582744a31d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
@@ -167,25 +167,37 @@ static void bpf_jit_build_epilogue(u32 *image, struct codegen_context *ctx)
 
 static void bpf_jit_emit_func_call(u32 *image, struct codegen_context *ctx, u64 func)
 {
+	unsigned int i, ctx_idx = ctx->idx;
+
+	/* Load function address into r12 */
+	PPC_LI64(12, func);
+
+	/* For bpf-to-bpf function calls, the callee's address is unknown
+	 * until the last extra pass. As seen above, we use PPC_LI64() to
+	 * load the callee's address, but this may optimize the number of
+	 * instructions required based on the nature of the address.
+	 *
+	 * Since we don't want the number of instructions emitted to change,
+	 * we pad the optimized PPC_LI64() call with NOPs to guarantee that
+	 * we always have a five-instruction sequence, which is the maximum
+	 * that PPC_LI64() can emit.
+	 */
+	for (i = ctx->idx - ctx_idx; i < 5; i++)
+		PPC_NOP();
+
 #ifdef PPC64_ELF_ABI_v1
-	/* func points to the function descriptor */
-	PPC_LI64(b2p[TMP_REG_2], func);
-	/* Load actual entry point from function descriptor */
-	PPC_BPF_LL(b2p[TMP_REG_1], b2p[TMP_REG_2], 0);
-	/* ... and move it to LR */
-	PPC_MTLR(b2p[TMP_REG_1]);
 	/*
 	 * Load TOC from function descriptor at offset 8.
 	 * We can clobber r2 since we get called through a
 	 * function pointer (so caller will save/restore r2)
 	 * and since we don't use a TOC ourself.
 	 */
-	PPC_BPF_LL(2, b2p[TMP_REG_2], 8);
-#else
-	/* We can clobber r12 */
-	PPC_FUNC_ADDR(12, func);
-	PPC_MTLR(12);
+	PPC_BPF_LL(2, 12, 8);
+	/* Load actual entry point from function descriptor */
+	PPC_BPF_LL(12, 12, 0);
 #endif
+
+	PPC_MTLR(12);
 	PPC_BLRL();
 }