diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/kup.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/kup.h
index 3c0ba22dc36001ea2b64e3b47a9a31bc19fb82b3..1617e73bee301b566a451f057a313ac7077504fd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/kup.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/kup.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static __always_inline void allow_user_access(void __user *to, const void __user
 	u32 addr, end;
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(!__builtin_constant_p(dir));
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(dir == KUAP_CURRENT);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(dir & ~KUAP_READ_WRITE);
 
 	if (!(dir & KUAP_WRITE))
 		return;
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static __always_inline void prevent_user_access(void __user *to, const void __us
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(!__builtin_constant_p(dir));
 
-	if (dir == KUAP_CURRENT) {
+	if (dir & KUAP_CURRENT_WRITE) {
 		u32 kuap = current->thread.kuap;
 
 		if (unlikely(!kuap))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kup.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kup.h
index 92bcd1a26d732ed6bde26833c1d5a4f1479e284c..c745ee41ad661e55bc377a8eda9d77cb71aadf8a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kup.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kup.h
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
  * Use the current saved situation instead of the to/from/size params.
  * Used on book3s/32
  */
-#define KUAP_CURRENT	4
+#define KUAP_CURRENT_READ	4
+#define KUAP_CURRENT_WRITE	8
+#define KUAP_CURRENT		(KUAP_CURRENT_READ | KUAP_CURRENT_WRITE)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 #include <asm/book3s/64/kup-radix.h>
@@ -101,6 +103,16 @@ static inline void prevent_current_access_user(void)
 	prevent_user_access(NULL, NULL, ~0UL, KUAP_CURRENT);
 }
 
+static inline void prevent_current_read_from_user(void)
+{
+	prevent_user_access(NULL, NULL, ~0UL, KUAP_CURRENT_READ);
+}
+
+static inline void prevent_current_write_to_user(void)
+{
+	prevent_user_access(NULL, NULL, ~0UL, KUAP_CURRENT_WRITE);
+}
+
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_KUAP_H_ */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 42b6c44e36a71106d74d88819d513d2e3778b81f..62cc8d7640ec83e6d56129ab0e967a24697c5729 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -532,6 +532,28 @@ static __must_check inline bool user_access_begin(const void __user *ptr, size_t
 #define user_access_save	prevent_user_access_return
 #define user_access_restore	restore_user_access
 
+static __must_check inline bool
+user_read_access_begin(const void __user *ptr, size_t len)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!access_ok(ptr, len)))
+		return false;
+	allow_read_from_user(ptr, len);
+	return true;
+}
+#define user_read_access_begin	user_read_access_begin
+#define user_read_access_end		prevent_current_read_from_user
+
+static __must_check inline bool
+user_write_access_begin(const void __user *ptr, size_t len)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!access_ok(ptr, len)))
+		return false;
+	allow_write_to_user((void __user *)ptr, len);
+	return true;
+}
+#define user_write_access_begin	user_write_access_begin
+#define user_write_access_end		prevent_current_write_to_user
+
 #define unsafe_op_wrap(op, err) do { if (unlikely(op)) goto err; } while (0)
 #define unsafe_get_user(x, p, e) unsafe_op_wrap(__get_user_allowed(x, p), e)
 #define unsafe_put_user(x, p, e) __put_user_goto(x, p, e)