diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 859cdbaa54a7..dcd3a88caaf6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ struct mm_struct;
 void set_ptes(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
 		pte_t pte, unsigned int nr);
 #define set_ptes set_ptes
+void set_pte_at_unchecked(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
+			  pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte);
 #define update_mmu_cache(vma, addr, ptep) \
 	update_mmu_cache_range(NULL, vma, addr, ptep, 1)
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c
index e3485db7de02..97db2f42ea3d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ void set_pmd_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 	WARN_ON(!(pmd_leaf(pmd)));
 #endif
 	trace_hugepage_set_pmd(addr, pmd_val(pmd));
-	return set_pte_at(mm, addr, pmdp_ptep(pmdp), pmd_pte(pmd));
+	return set_pte_at_unchecked(mm, addr, pmdp_ptep(pmdp), pmd_pte(pmd));
 }
 
 void set_pud_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void set_pud_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 	WARN_ON(!(pud_leaf(pud)));
 #endif
 	trace_hugepage_set_pud(addr, pud_val(pud));
-	return set_pte_at(mm, addr, pudp_ptep(pudp), pud_pte(pud));
+	return set_pte_at_unchecked(mm, addr, pudp_ptep(pudp), pud_pte(pud));
 }
 
 static void do_serialize(void *arg)
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ void ptep_modify_prot_commit(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 	if (radix_enabled())
 		return radix__ptep_modify_prot_commit(vma, addr,
 						      ptep, old_pte, pte);
-	set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep, pte);
+	set_pte_at_unchecked(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep, pte);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
index 73977dbabcf2..b2541bf33d01 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
@@ -1606,7 +1606,7 @@ void radix__ptep_modify_prot_commit(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	    (atomic_read(&mm->context.copros) > 0))
 		radix__flush_tlb_page(vma, addr);
 
-	set_pte_at(mm, addr, ptep, pte);
+	set_pte_at_unchecked(mm, addr, ptep, pte);
 }
 
 int pud_set_huge(pud_t *pud, phys_addr_t addr, pgprot_t prot)
@@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@ int pud_set_huge(pud_t *pud, phys_addr_t addr, pgprot_t prot)
 	if (!radix_enabled())
 		return 0;
 
-	set_pte_at(&init_mm, 0 /* radix unused */, ptep, new_pud);
+	set_pte_at_unchecked(&init_mm, 0 /* radix unused */, ptep, new_pud);
 
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ int pmd_set_huge(pmd_t *pmd, phys_addr_t addr, pgprot_t prot)
 	if (!radix_enabled())
 		return 0;
 
-	set_pte_at(&init_mm, 0 /* radix unused */, ptep, new_pmd);
+	set_pte_at_unchecked(&init_mm, 0 /* radix unused */, ptep, new_pmd);
 
 	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
index 56d7e8960e77..7b69cd16e011 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -224,6 +224,14 @@ void set_ptes(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
 	}
 }
 
+void set_pte_at_unchecked(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
+			  pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
+{
+	VM_WARN_ON(pte_hw_valid(*ptep) && !pte_protnone(*ptep));
+	pte = set_pte_filter(pte, addr);
+	__set_pte_at(mm, addr, ptep, pte, 0);
+}
+
 void unmap_kernel_page(unsigned long va)
 {
 	pmd_t *pmdp = pmd_off_k(va);