diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
index 8814a7249ceb..9f3be5c8a4a3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ 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 __is_active_jprobe(unsigned long addr);
 extern int skip_singlestep(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs,
 			   struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb);
 #else
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes-ftrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes-ftrace.c
index 6c089d9757c9..48f675a73cff 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes-ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes-ftrace.c
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@
 #include <linux/preempt.h>
 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
 
+/*
+ * This is called from ftrace code after invoking registered handlers to
+ * disambiguate regs->nip changes done by jprobes and livepatch. We check if
+ * there is an active jprobe at the provided address (mcount location).
+ */
+int __is_active_jprobe(unsigned long addr)
+{
+	struct kprobe *p = kprobe_running();
+	return (p && (unsigned long)p->addr == addr) ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
 static nokprobe_inline
 int __skip_singlestep(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs,
 		      struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb, unsigned long orig_nip)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index 4c1702423676..48a81614f629 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@ 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 c98e90b4ea7b..c1cfcce0551d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ ftrace_call:
 	/* NIP has not been altered, skip over further checks */
 	beq	1f
 
-	/* Check if there is an active kprobe on us */
+	/* Check if there is an active jprobe on us */
 	subi	r3, r14, 4
-	bl	is_current_kprobe_addr
+	bl	__is_active_jprobe
 	nop
 
 	/*