diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index 887f11b..3384354 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -229,11 +229,10 @@ static bool bad_kernel_fault(bool is_exec, unsigned long error_code,
 	/* 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",
-				   address, from_kuid(&init_user_ns,
-						      current_uid()));
+		pr_crit_ratelimited("kernel tried to execute %s page (%lx) - exploit attempt? (uid: %d)\n",
+				    address >= TASK_SIZE ? "exec-protected" : "user",
+				    address,
+				    from_kuid(&init_user_ns, current_uid()));
 	}
 	return is_exec || (address >= TASK_SIZE);
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/init-common.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/init-common.c
index 36d28e8..83f95a5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/init-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/init-common.c
@@ -26,8 +26,19 @@
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/kup.h>
 
+static bool disable_kuep = !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_KUEP);
+
+static int __init parse_nosmep(char *p)
+{
+	disable_kuep = true;
+	pr_warn("Disabling Kernel Userspace Execution Prevention\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("nosmep", parse_nosmep);
+
 void __init setup_kup(void)
 {
+	setup_kuep(disable_kuep);
 }
 
 #define CTOR(shift) static void ctor_##shift(void *addr) \