diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/set_memory.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/set_memory.h
index 64011ea444b4..b040094f7920 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/set_memory.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/set_memory.h
@@ -29,4 +29,6 @@ static inline int set_memory_x(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
 	return change_memory_attr(addr, numpages, SET_MEMORY_X);
 }
 
+int set_memory_attr(unsigned long addr, int numpages, pgprot_t prot);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pageattr.c
index 5e5ae50a7f23..0876216ceee6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -99,3 +99,36 @@ int change_memory_attr(unsigned long addr, int numpages, long action)
 	return apply_to_existing_page_range(&init_mm, start, size,
 					    change_page_attr, (void *)action);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Set the attributes of a page:
+ *
+ * This function is used by PPC32 at the end of init to set final kernel memory
+ * protection. It includes changing the maping of the page it is executing from
+ * and data pages it is using.
+ */
+static int set_page_attr(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr, void *data)
+{
+	pgprot_t prot = __pgprot((unsigned long)data);
+
+	spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
+
+	set_pte_at(&init_mm, addr, ptep, pte_modify(*ptep, prot));
+	flush_tlb_kernel_range(addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	spin_unlock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int set_memory_attr(unsigned long addr, int numpages, pgprot_t prot)
+{
+	unsigned long start = ALIGN_DOWN(addr, PAGE_SIZE);
+	unsigned long sz = numpages * PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	if (numpages <= 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	return apply_to_existing_page_range(&init_mm, start, sz, set_page_attr,
+					    (void *)pgprot_val(prot));
+}