diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
index a83821f33ea3..8814a7249ceb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ extern int kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 extern int kprobe_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr);
 extern int kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern int kprobe_post_handler(struct pt_regs *regs);
+extern int is_current_kprobe_addr(unsigned long addr);
 #ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
 extern int skip_singlestep(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs,
 			   struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index 5075a4d6f1d7..01addfb0ed0a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kprobe_ctlblk, kprobe_ctlblk);
 
 struct kretprobe_blackpoint kretprobe_blacklist[] = {{NULL, NULL}};
 
+int is_current_kprobe_addr(unsigned long addr)
+{
+	struct kprobe *p = kprobe_running();
+	return (p && (unsigned long)p->addr == addr) ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
 bool arch_within_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long addr)
 {
 	return  (addr >= (unsigned long)__kprobes_text_start &&
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S
index fa0921410fa4..c98e90b4ea7b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S
@@ -99,13 +99,39 @@ ftrace_call:
 	bl	ftrace_stub
 	nop
 
-	/* Load ctr with the possibly modified NIP */
-	ld	r3, _NIP(r1)
-	mtctr	r3
+	/* Load the possibly modified NIP */
+	ld	r15, _NIP(r1)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
-	cmpd	r14,r3		/* has NIP been altered? */
+	cmpd	r14, r15	/* has NIP been altered? */
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_LIVEPATCH) && defined(CONFIG_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE)
+	/* NIP has not been altered, skip over further checks */
+	beq	1f
+
+	/* Check if there is an active kprobe on us */
+	subi	r3, r14, 4
+	bl	is_current_kprobe_addr
+	nop
+
+	/*
+	 * If r3 == 1, then this is a kprobe/jprobe.
+	 * else, this is livepatched function.
+	 *
+	 * The conditional branch for livepatch_handler below will use the
+	 * result of this comparison. For kprobe/jprobe, we just need to branch to
+	 * the new NIP, not call livepatch_handler. The branch below is bne, so we
+	 * want CR0[EQ] to be true if this is a kprobe/jprobe. Which means we want
+	 * CR0[EQ] = (r3 == 1).
+	 */
+	cmpdi	r3, 1
+1:
+#endif
+
+	/* Load CTR with the possibly modified NIP */
+	mtctr	r15
+
 	/* Restore gprs */
 	REST_GPR(0,r1)
 	REST_10GPRS(2,r1)
@@ -123,7 +149,10 @@ ftrace_call:
 	addi r1, r1, SWITCH_FRAME_SIZE
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
-        /* Based on the cmpd above, if the NIP was altered handle livepatch */
+        /*
+	 * Based on the cmpd or cmpdi above, if the NIP was altered and we're
+	 * not on a kprobe/jprobe, then handle livepatch.
+	 */
 	bne-	livepatch_handler
 #endif