diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h
index 6d22a8e78fe2..d34ad1657d7b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h
@@ -289,6 +289,17 @@ static inline u16 get_mm_addr_key(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_MEM_KEYS */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
+static inline bool strict_kernel_rwx_enabled(void)
+{
+	return rodata_enabled;
+}
+#else
+static inline bool strict_kernel_rwx_enabled(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+#endif
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 /* The kernel use the constants below to index in the page sizes array.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_32.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_32.c
index 3e59e5d64b01..ee5a430b9a18 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_32.c
@@ -108,12 +108,10 @@ static void __init MMU_setup(void)
 		__map_without_bats = 1;
 		__map_without_ltlbs = 1;
 	}
-#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
-	if (rodata_enabled) {
+	if (strict_kernel_rwx_enabled()) {
 		__map_without_bats = 1;
 		__map_without_ltlbs = 1;
 	}
-#endif
 }
 
 /*