diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index e8122447f019ef81b5346ab911f82bd3c4439cd6..c7d7bd43a251a2feeedfa89a6f8a33e0687dacb4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -483,7 +483,12 @@ void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		 */
 		_tlbie(address, 0 /* 8xx doesn't care about PID */);
 #endif
-		if (!PageReserved(page)
+		/* The _PAGE_USER test should really be _PAGE_EXEC, but
+		 * older glibc versions execute some code from no-exec
+		 * pages, which for now we are supporting.  If exec-only
+		 * pages are ever implemented, this will have to change.
+		 */
+		if (!PageReserved(page) && (pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_USER)
 		    && !test_bit(PG_arch_1, &page->flags)) {
 			if (vma->vm_mm == current->active_mm) {
 				__flush_dcache_icache((void *) address);