diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
index 9ee3c52..35b9a66 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/crash_dump.h>
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/lmb.h>
+#include <asm/code-patching.h>
 #include <asm/kdump.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
index e522b06..e7f7042 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@
 endif
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_LIB_RHEAP) += rheap.o
+
+obj-y			+= code-patching.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7afae88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright 2008 Michael Ellerman, IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ *  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ *  2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <asm/code-patching.h>
+
+
+void create_instruction(unsigned long addr, unsigned int instr)
+{
+	unsigned int *p;
+	p  = (unsigned int *)addr;
+	*p = instr;
+	asm ("dcbst 0, %0; sync; icbi 0,%0; sync; isync" : : "r" (p));
+}
+
+void create_branch(unsigned long addr, unsigned long target, int flags)
+{
+	unsigned int instruction;
+
+	if (! (flags & BRANCH_ABSOLUTE))
+		target = target - addr;
+
+	/* Mask out the flags and target, so they don't step on each other. */
+	instruction = 0x48000000 | (flags & 0x3) | (target & 0x03FFFFFC);
+
+	create_instruction(addr, instruction);
+}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/86xx/mpc86xx_smp.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/86xx/mpc86xx_smp.c
index ba55b0f..63f5585 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/86xx/mpc86xx_smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/86xx/mpc86xx_smp.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 
+#include <asm/code-patching.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/pci-bridge.h>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c
index cb2d8945..bf202f7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
+#include <asm/code-patching.h>
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>