diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/kup.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/kup.h
index d88008c8eb85..91c8f1d9bcee 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/kup.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/kup.h
@@ -102,11 +102,13 @@ static inline void kuap_update_sr(u32 sr, u32 addr, u32 end)
 	isync();	/* Context sync required after mtsrin() */
 }
 
-static inline void allow_user_access(void __user *to, const void __user *from, u32 size)
+static __always_inline void allow_user_access(void __user *to, const void __user *from,
+					      u32 size, unsigned long dir)
 {
 	u32 addr, end;
 
-	if (__builtin_constant_p(to) && to == NULL)
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(!__builtin_constant_p(dir));
+	if (!(dir & KUAP_WRITE))
 		return;
 
 	addr = (__force u32)to;
@@ -119,11 +121,16 @@ static inline void allow_user_access(void __user *to, const void __user *from, u
 	kuap_update_sr(mfsrin(addr) & ~SR_KS, addr, end);	/* Clear Ks */
 }
 
-static inline void prevent_user_access(void __user *to, const void __user *from, u32 size)
+static __always_inline void prevent_user_access(void __user *to, const void __user *from,
+						u32 size, unsigned long dir)
 {
 	u32 addr = (__force u32)to;
 	u32 end = min(addr + size, TASK_SIZE);
 
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(!__builtin_constant_p(dir));
+	if (!(dir & KUAP_WRITE))
+		return;
+
 	if (!addr || addr >= TASK_SIZE || !size)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/kup-radix.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/kup-radix.h
index dbbd22cb80f5..c8d1076e0ebb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/kup-radix.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/kup-radix.h
@@ -77,20 +77,21 @@ static inline void set_kuap(unsigned long value)
 	isync();
 }
 
-static inline void allow_user_access(void __user *to, const void __user *from,
-				     unsigned long size)
+static __always_inline void allow_user_access(void __user *to, const void __user *from,
+					      unsigned long size, unsigned long dir)
 {
 	// This is written so we can resolve to a single case at build time
-	if (__builtin_constant_p(to) && to == NULL)
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(!__builtin_constant_p(dir));
+	if (dir == KUAP_READ)
 		set_kuap(AMR_KUAP_BLOCK_WRITE);
-	else if (__builtin_constant_p(from) && from == NULL)
+	else if (dir == KUAP_WRITE)
 		set_kuap(AMR_KUAP_BLOCK_READ);
 	else
 		set_kuap(0);
 }
 
 static inline void prevent_user_access(void __user *to, const void __user *from,
-				       unsigned long size)
+				       unsigned long size, unsigned long dir)
 {
 	set_kuap(AMR_KUAP_BLOCKED);
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kup.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kup.h
index 812e66f31934..94f24928916a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kup.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kup.h
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_KUP_H_
 #define _ASM_POWERPC_KUP_H_
 
+#define KUAP_READ	1
+#define KUAP_WRITE	2
+#define KUAP_READ_WRITE	(KUAP_READ | KUAP_WRITE)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 #include <asm/book3s/64/kup-radix.h>
 #endif
@@ -42,9 +46,9 @@ void setup_kuap(bool disabled);
 #else
 static inline void setup_kuap(bool disabled) { }
 static inline void allow_user_access(void __user *to, const void __user *from,
-				     unsigned long size) { }
+				     unsigned long size, unsigned long dir) { }
 static inline void prevent_user_access(void __user *to, const void __user *from,
-				       unsigned long size) { }
+				       unsigned long size, unsigned long dir) { }
 static inline bool
 bad_kuap_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address, bool is_write)
 {
@@ -54,24 +58,36 @@ bad_kuap_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address, bool is_write)
 
 static inline void allow_read_from_user(const void __user *from, unsigned long size)
 {
-	allow_user_access(NULL, from, size);
+	allow_user_access(NULL, from, size, KUAP_READ);
 }
 
 static inline void allow_write_to_user(void __user *to, unsigned long size)
 {
-	allow_user_access(to, NULL, size);
+	allow_user_access(to, NULL, size, KUAP_WRITE);
+}
+
+static inline void allow_read_write_user(void __user *to, const void __user *from,
+					 unsigned long size)
+{
+	allow_user_access(to, from, size, KUAP_READ_WRITE);
 }
 
 static inline void prevent_read_from_user(const void __user *from, unsigned long size)
 {
-	prevent_user_access(NULL, from, size);
+	prevent_user_access(NULL, from, size, KUAP_READ);
 }
 
 static inline void prevent_write_to_user(void __user *to, unsigned long size)
 {
-	prevent_user_access(to, NULL, size);
+	prevent_user_access(to, NULL, size, KUAP_WRITE);
+}
+
+static inline void prevent_read_write_user(void __user *to, const void __user *from,
+					   unsigned long size)
+{
+	prevent_user_access(to, from, size, KUAP_READ_WRITE);
 }
 
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
-#endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_KUP_H_ */
+#endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_KUAP_H_ */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/kup-8xx.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/kup-8xx.h
index f2fea603b929..1d70c80366fd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/kup-8xx.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/kup-8xx.h
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@
 #include <asm/reg.h>
 
 static inline void allow_user_access(void __user *to, const void __user *from,
-				     unsigned long size)
+				     unsigned long size, unsigned long dir)
 {
 	mtspr(SPRN_MD_AP, MD_APG_INIT);
 }
 
 static inline void prevent_user_access(void __user *to, const void __user *from,
-				       unsigned long size)
+				       unsigned long size, unsigned long dir)
 {
 	mtspr(SPRN_MD_AP, MD_APG_KUAP);
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
index c92fe7fe9692..cafad1960e76 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -313,9 +313,9 @@ raw_copy_in_user(void __user *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n)
 	unsigned long ret;
 
 	barrier_nospec();
-	allow_user_access(to, from, n);
+	allow_read_write_user(to, from, n);
 	ret = __copy_tofrom_user(to, from, n);
-	prevent_user_access(to, from, n);
+	prevent_read_write_user(to, from, n);
 	return ret;
 }
 #endif /* __powerpc64__ */