diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
index d5d5b5e348f2..cd39ac127786 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
@@ -217,13 +217,6 @@ name: \
 	addi r2,r2,(.TOC.-0b)@l; \
 	.localentry name,.-name
 
-#define _KPROBE(name) \
-	.section ".kprobes.text","a"; \
-	.align 2 ; \
-	.type name,@function; \
-	.globl name; \
-name:
-
 #define DOTSYM(a)	a
 
 #else
@@ -247,20 +240,6 @@ GLUE(.,name):
 
 #define _GLOBAL_TOC(name) _GLOBAL(name)
 
-#define _KPROBE(name) \
-	.section ".kprobes.text","a"; \
-	.align 2 ; \
-	.globl name; \
-	.globl GLUE(.,name); \
-	.section ".opd","aw"; \
-name: \
-	.quad GLUE(.,name); \
-	.quad .TOC.@tocbase; \
-	.quad 0; \
-	.previous; \
-	.type GLUE(.,name),@function; \
-GLUE(.,name):
-
 #define DOTSYM(a)	GLUE(.,a)
 
 #endif
@@ -279,13 +258,22 @@ n:
 
 #define _GLOBAL_TOC(name) _GLOBAL(name)
 
-#define _KPROBE(n)	\
-	.section ".kprobes.text","a";	\
-	.globl	n;	\
-n:
-
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * __kprobes (the C annotation) puts the symbol into the .kprobes.text
+ * section, which gets emitted at the end of regular text.
+ *
+ * _ASM_NOKPROBE_SYMBOL and NOKPROBE_SYMBOL just adds the symbol to
+ * a blacklist. The former is for core kprobe functions/data, the
+ * latter is for those that incdentially must be excluded from probing
+ * and allows them to be linked at more optimal location within text.
+ */
+#define _ASM_NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(entry)			\
+	.pushsection "_kprobe_blacklist","aw";		\
+	PPC_LONG (entry) ;				\
+	.popsection
+
 #define FUNC_START(name)	_GLOBAL(name)
 #define FUNC_END(name)
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
index d9c912b6e632..03756ffdcd71 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_UNIFIED_ID_CACHE)
  *
  * flush_icache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop)
  */
-_KPROBE(flush_icache_range)
+_GLOBAL(flush_icache_range)
 BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
 	PURGE_PREFETCHED_INS
 	blr				/* for 601, do nothing */
@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE)
 	sync				/* additional sync needed on g4 */
 	isync
 	blr
+_ASM_NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(flush_icache_range)
+
 /*
  * Flush a particular page from the data cache to RAM.
  * Note: this is necessary because the instruction cache does *not*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
index cb195157b318..5d7e583f1588 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ PPC64_CACHES:
  *   flush all bytes from start through stop-1 inclusive
  */
 
-_KPROBE(flush_icache_range)
+_GLOBAL(flush_icache_range)
 BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
 	PURGE_PREFETCHED_INS
 	blr
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE)
 	bdnz	2b
 	isync
 	blr
-	.previous .text
+_ASM_NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(flush_icache_range)
+
 /*
  * Like above, but only do the D-cache.
  *