diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index c866d9a710fe..056b750071bb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -226,7 +226,9 @@ static int mm_fault_error(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long addr,
 static bool bad_kernel_fault(bool is_exec, unsigned long error_code,
 			     unsigned long address)
 {
-	if (is_exec && (error_code & (DSISR_NOEXEC_OR_G | DSISR_KEYFAULT))) {
+	/* 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))) {
 		printk_ratelimited(KERN_CRIT "kernel tried to execute"
 				   " exec-protected page (%lx) -"
 				   "exploit attempt? (uid: %d)\n",