diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
index 784cae9f5697..da9f722d9f16 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ void mark_initmem_nx(void)
 	unsigned long numpages = PFN_UP((unsigned long)_einittext) -
 				 PFN_DOWN((unsigned long)_sinittext);
 
-	if (v_block_mapped((unsigned long)_stext + 1))
+	if (v_block_mapped((unsigned long)_sinittext))
 		mmu_mark_initmem_nx();
 	else
 		change_page_attr(page, numpages, PAGE_KERNEL);
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
 	struct page *page;
 	unsigned long numpages;
 
-	if (v_block_mapped((unsigned long)_sinittext)) {
+	if (v_block_mapped((unsigned long)_stext + 1)) {
 		mmu_mark_rodata_ro();
 		ptdump_check_wx();
 		return;