diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
index 59260eb962916..afbd47b0a75cc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT_cputable.o := n
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_setup_64.o := n
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_paca.o := n
 
+CFLAGS_setup_64.o		+= -fno-stack-protector
+CFLAGS_paca.o			+= -fno-stack-protector
+
 extra-$(CONFIG_PPC_FPU)		+= fpu.o
 extra-$(CONFIG_ALTIVEC)		+= vector.o
 extra-$(CONFIG_PPC64)		+= entry_64.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c
index 4ea0cca52e162..c786adfb9413f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static struct slb_shadow * __init new_slb_shadow(int cpu, unsigned long limit)
 struct paca_struct **paca_ptrs __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(paca_ptrs);
 
-void __init __nostackprotector initialise_paca(struct paca_struct *new_paca, int cpu)
+void __init initialise_paca(struct paca_struct *new_paca, int cpu)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES
 	new_paca->lppaca_ptr = NULL;
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ void __init __nostackprotector initialise_paca(struct paca_struct *new_paca, int
 }
 
 /* Put the paca pointer into r13 and SPRG_PACA */
-void __nostackprotector setup_paca(struct paca_struct *new_paca)
+void setup_paca(struct paca_struct *new_paca)
 {
 	/* Setup r13 */
 	local_paca = new_paca;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup.h b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup.h
index 1b02d338a5f55..c82577c4b15d3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup.h
@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@
 #ifndef __ARCH_POWERPC_KERNEL_SETUP_H
 #define __ARCH_POWERPC_KERNEL_SETUP_H
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
-#define __nostackprotector
-#else
-#define __nostackprotector __attribute__((__optimize__("no-stack-protector")))
-#endif
-
 void initialize_cache_info(void);
 void irqstack_early_init(void);
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
index 480c236724da2..5bc7e753df4d0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ void __init record_spr_defaults(void)
  * device-tree is not accessible via normal means at this point.
  */
 
-void __init __nostackprotector early_setup(unsigned long dt_ptr)
+void __init early_setup(unsigned long dt_ptr)
 {
 	static __initdata struct paca_struct boot_paca;