diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu-hash.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu-hash.h
index 4481bedbb5beae476ec039b270b9f8b105a2bf90..eeb40091b46be4e4e64ea53c3ef3b2b55ad6b90d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu-hash.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu-hash.h
@@ -687,10 +687,8 @@ struct subpage_prot_table {
 #define SBP_L3_SHIFT		(SBP_L2_SHIFT + SBP_L2_BITS)
 
 extern void subpage_prot_free(struct mm_struct *mm);
-extern void subpage_prot_init_new_context(struct mm_struct *mm);
 #else
 static inline void subpage_prot_free(struct mm_struct *mm) {}
-static inline void subpage_prot_init_new_context(struct mm_struct *mm) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT */
 
 /*
@@ -720,7 +718,7 @@ struct hash_mm_context {
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT
-	struct subpage_prot_table spt;
+	struct subpage_prot_table *spt;
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT */
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu.h
index e510e46b07ced57ac99bdfc2806c68fd23f35036..230a9dec7677484b1ba58afcc5b55ab8f7ba53fc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu.h
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static inline struct slice_mask *mm_ctx_slice_mask_16g(mm_context_t *ctx)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT
 static inline struct subpage_prot_table *mm_ctx_subpage_prot(mm_context_t *ctx)
 {
-	return &ctx->hash_context->spt;
+	return ctx->hash_context->spt;
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
index 27239a07677354baff7f42f5483fe296b496f1ab..6a2d315495a3c68517ce9e1831ba6e21d3156d2f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
@@ -1150,6 +1150,9 @@ static int subpage_protection(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long ea)
 	u32 spp = 0;
 	u32 **sbpm, *sbpp;
 
+	if (!spt)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (ea >= spt->maxaddr)
 		return 0;
 	if (ea < 0x100000000UL) {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_book3s64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_book3s64.c
index 6eef5a36b2e93da8e815dc616fd445321ac79a49..cb2b08635508b7cbff91a76504442e531a25a3f2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_book3s64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_book3s64.c
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ static int hash__init_new_context(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	if (index < 0)
 		return index;
 
-	mm->context.hash_context = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hash_mm_context), GFP_KERNEL);
+	mm->context.hash_context = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hash_mm_context),
+					   GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mm->context.hash_context) {
 		ida_free(&mmu_context_ida, index);
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -89,11 +90,21 @@ static int hash__init_new_context(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	} else {
 		/* This is fork. Copy hash_context details from current->mm */
 		memcpy(mm->context.hash_context, current->mm->context.hash_context, sizeof(struct hash_mm_context));
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT
+		/* inherit subpage prot detalis if we have one. */
+		if (current->mm->context.hash_context->spt) {
+			mm->context.hash_context->spt = kmalloc(sizeof(struct subpage_prot_table),
+								GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!mm->context.hash_context->spt) {
+				ida_free(&mmu_context_ida, index);
+				kfree(mm->context.hash_context);
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			}
+		}
+#endif
 
 	}
 
-	subpage_prot_init_new_context(mm);
-
 	pkey_mm_init(mm);
 	return index;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/subpage-prot.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/subpage-prot.c
index c72252542210d6f9f46ed45b64b5e0a1512b845f..c9dff4e1f295c05581d54ce323032e5b8a8494d7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/subpage-prot.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/subpage-prot.c
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ void subpage_prot_free(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	unsigned long i, j, addr;
 	u32 **p;
 
+	if (!spt)
+		return;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
 		if (spt->low_prot[i]) {
 			free_page((unsigned long)spt->low_prot[i]);
@@ -48,13 +51,7 @@ void subpage_prot_free(struct mm_struct *mm)
 		free_page((unsigned long)p);
 	}
 	spt->maxaddr = 0;
-}
-
-void subpage_prot_init_new_context(struct mm_struct *mm)
-{
-	struct subpage_prot_table *spt = mm_ctx_subpage_prot(&mm->context);
-
-	memset(spt, 0, sizeof(*spt));
+	kfree(spt);
 }
 
 static void hpte_flush_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
@@ -99,6 +96,9 @@ static void subpage_prot_clear(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
 	size_t nw;
 	unsigned long next, limit;
 
+	if (!spt)
+		return ;
+
 	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	limit = addr + len;
 	if (limit > spt->maxaddr)
@@ -218,6 +218,20 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(subpage_prot, unsigned long, addr,
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+
+	if (!spt) {
+		/*
+		 * Allocate subpage prot table if not already done.
+		 * Do this with mmap_sem held
+		 */
+		spt = kzalloc(sizeof(struct subpage_prot_table), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!spt) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		mm->context.hash_context->spt = spt;
+	}
+
 	subpage_mark_vma_nohuge(mm, addr, len);
 	for (limit = addr + len; addr < limit; addr = next) {
 		next = pmd_addr_end(addr, limit);