diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index 72e1b51beb10..55fdba8ba21c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -198,9 +198,7 @@ static bool bad_kernel_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
 {
 	int is_exec = TRAP(regs) == 0x400;
 
-	/* NX faults set DSISR_PROTFAULT on the 8xx, DSISR_NOEXEC_OR_G on others */
-	if (is_exec && (error_code & (DSISR_NOEXEC_OR_G | DSISR_KEYFAULT |
-				      DSISR_PROTFAULT))) {
+	if (is_exec) {
 		pr_crit_ratelimited("kernel tried to execute %s page (%lx) - exploit attempt? (uid: %d)\n",
 				    address >= TASK_SIZE ? "exec-protected" : "user",
 				    address,