diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
index f072e97..61e46fc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
@@ -215,15 +215,7 @@ extern long long virt_phys_offset;
 #define __pa(x) ((unsigned long)(x) - PAGE_OFFSET + MEMORY_START)
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Unfortunately the PLT is in the BSS in the PPC32 ELF ABI,
- * and needs to be executable.  This means the whole heap ends
- * up being executable.
- */
-#define VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS32	(VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC | \
-				 VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYEXEC)
-
-#define VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS64	(VM_READ | VM_WRITE | \
+#define VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS	(VM_READ | VM_WRITE | \
 				 VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYEXEC)
 
 #ifdef __powerpc64__
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_32.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_32.h
index 68d73b2..aaae5a6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_32.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_32.h
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#define VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS	VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS32
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_NOT_COHERENT_CACHE
 #define ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN	L1_CACHE_BYTES
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_64.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_64.h
index fed85e6..615d88b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_64.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_64.h
@@ -136,10 +136,6 @@ do {						\
 
 #endif /* !CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE */
 
-#define VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS \
-	(is_32bit_task() ? \
-	 VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS32 : VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS64)
-
 /*
  * This is the default if a program doesn't have a PT_GNU_STACK
  * program header entry. The PPC64 ELF ABI has a non executable stack
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 1b52956..e5a432b 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -76,13 +76,20 @@ static struct linux_binfmt elf_format = {
 
 #define BAD_ADDR(x) ((unsigned long)(x) >= TASK_SIZE)
 
-static int set_brk(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+static int set_brk(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int prot)
 {
 	start = ELF_PAGEALIGN(start);
 	end = ELF_PAGEALIGN(end);
 	if (end > start) {
 		unsigned long addr;
-		addr = vm_brk(start, end - start);
+		/* Map the non-file portion of the last load header. If the
+		   header is requesting these pages to be executeable then
+		   we have to honour that, otherwise assume they are bss. */
+		if (prot & PROT_EXEC)
+			addr = vm_mmap(0, start, end - start, prot,
+				MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_FIXED, 0);
+		else
+			addr = vm_brk(start, end - start);
 		if (BAD_ADDR(addr))
 			return addr;
 	}
@@ -381,6 +388,7 @@ static unsigned long load_elf_interp(struct elfhdr *interp_elf_ex,
 	unsigned long load_addr = 0;
 	int load_addr_set = 0;
 	unsigned long last_bss = 0, elf_bss = 0;
+	int bss_prot = 0;
 	unsigned long error = ~0UL;
 	unsigned long total_size;
 	int retval, i, size;
@@ -489,8 +497,10 @@ static unsigned long load_elf_interp(struct elfhdr *interp_elf_ex,
 			 * elf_bss and last_bss is the bss section.
 			 */
 			k = load_addr + eppnt->p_memsz + eppnt->p_vaddr;
-			if (k > last_bss)
+			if (k > last_bss) {
 				last_bss = k;
+				bss_prot = elf_prot;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -509,8 +519,15 @@ static unsigned long load_elf_interp(struct elfhdr *interp_elf_ex,
 		/* What we have mapped so far */
 		elf_bss = ELF_PAGESTART(elf_bss + ELF_MIN_ALIGN - 1);
 
-		/* Map the last of the bss segment */
-		error = vm_brk(elf_bss, last_bss - elf_bss);
+		/* Map the non-file portion of the last load header. If the
+		   header is requesting these pages to be executeable then
+		   we have to honour that, otherwise assume they are bss. */
+		if (bss_prot & PROT_EXEC)
+			error = vm_mmap(0, elf_bss, last_bss - elf_bss,
+					bss_prot, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_FIXED, 0);
+		else
+			error = vm_brk(elf_bss, last_bss - elf_bss);
+
 		if (BAD_ADDR(error))
 			goto out_close;
 	}
@@ -560,6 +577,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	unsigned long error;
 	struct elf_phdr *elf_ppnt, *elf_phdata;
 	unsigned long elf_bss, elf_brk;
+	int bss_prot = 0;
 	int retval, i;
 	unsigned int size;
 	unsigned long elf_entry;
@@ -750,7 +768,8 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
 			   before this one. Map anonymous pages, if needed,
 			   and clear the area.  */
 			retval = set_brk(elf_bss + load_bias,
-					 elf_brk + load_bias);
+					 elf_brk + load_bias,
+					 bss_prot);
 			if (retval) {
 				send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
 				goto out_free_dentry;
@@ -852,8 +871,10 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		if (end_data < k)
 			end_data = k;
 		k = elf_ppnt->p_vaddr + elf_ppnt->p_memsz;
-		if (k > elf_brk)
+		if (k > elf_brk) {
+			bss_prot = elf_prot;
 			elf_brk = k;
+		}
 	}
 
 	loc->elf_ex.e_entry += load_bias;
@@ -869,7 +890,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	 * mapping in the interpreter, to make sure it doesn't wind
 	 * up getting placed where the bss needs to go.
 	 */
-	retval = set_brk(elf_bss, elf_brk);
+	retval = set_brk(elf_bss, elf_brk, bss_prot);
 	if (retval) {
 		send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
 		goto out_free_dentry;