diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/fault_32.c b/arch/sparc/mm/fault_32.c
index 12e447f..99c1e29 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/fault_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/fault_32.c
@@ -227,7 +227,14 @@ asmlinkage void do_sparc_fault(struct pt
 	 */
 good_area:
 	info.si_code = SEGV_ACCERR;
-	if(write) {
+	if (write
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARC_LEON
+	    /* a hardware bug in the sparc-leon SRMMU makes icache
+	       text_fault look as if writing in certain sparc-leon
+	       versions */
+	   && !text_fault
+#endif
+	   ) {
 		if(!(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE))
 			goto bad_area;
 	} else {