diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h
index 4ebb9c054ccc..7437b7e7e7eb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h
@@ -379,8 +379,6 @@ static inline bool aarch64_insn_is_adr_adrp(u32 insn)
 	return aarch64_insn_is_adr(insn) || aarch64_insn_is_adrp(insn);
 }
 
-int aarch64_insn_read(void *addr, u32 *insnp);
-int aarch64_insn_write(void *addr, u32 insn);
 enum aarch64_insn_encoding_class aarch64_get_insn_class(u32 insn);
 bool aarch64_insn_uses_literal(u32 insn);
 bool aarch64_insn_is_branch(u32 insn);
@@ -487,9 +485,6 @@ u32 aarch64_insn_gen_prefetch(enum aarch64_insn_register base,
 s32 aarch64_get_branch_offset(u32 insn);
 u32 aarch64_set_branch_offset(u32 insn, s32 offset);
 
-int aarch64_insn_patch_text_nosync(void *addr, u32 insn);
-int aarch64_insn_patch_text(void *addrs[], u32 insns[], int cnt);
-
 s32 aarch64_insn_adrp_get_offset(u32 insn);
 u32 aarch64_insn_adrp_set_offset(u32 insn, s32 offset);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/patching.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/patching.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6bf5adc56295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/patching.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+#ifndef	__ASM_PATCHING_H
+#define	__ASM_PATCHING_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+int aarch64_insn_read(void *addr, u32 *insnp);
+int aarch64_insn_write(void *addr, u32 insn);
+
+int aarch64_insn_patch_text_nosync(void *addr, u32 insn);
+int aarch64_insn_patch_text(void *addrs[], u32 insns[], int cnt);
+
+#endif	/* __ASM_PATCHING_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
index ed65576ce710..790af8c69338 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ obj-y			:= debug-monitors.o entry.o irq.o fpsimd.o		\
 			   return_address.o cpuinfo.o cpu_errata.o		\
 			   cpufeature.o alternative.o cacheinfo.o		\
 			   smp.o smp_spin_table.o topology.o smccc-call.o	\
-			   syscall.o proton-pack.o idreg-override.o
+			   syscall.o proton-pack.o idreg-override.o patching.o
 
 targets			+= efi-entry.o
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c
index 86a5cf9bc19a..fd7993f0c9c4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <asm/debug-monitors.h>
 #include <asm/ftrace.h>
 #include <asm/insn.h>
+#include <asm/patching.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
index 6c0de2f60ea9..952e7d6fe60e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
@@ -7,21 +7,14 @@
  */
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/bug.h>
-#include <linux/compiler.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/smp.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <linux/stop_machine.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <linux/sizes.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
-#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/debug-monitors.h>
-#include <asm/fixmap.h>
+#include <asm/errno.h>
 #include <asm/insn.h>
 #include <asm/kprobes.h>
-#include <asm/sections.h>
 
 #define AARCH64_INSN_SF_BIT	BIT(31)
 #define AARCH64_INSN_N_BIT	BIT(22)
@@ -83,81 +76,6 @@ bool aarch64_insn_is_branch_imm(u32 insn)
 		aarch64_insn_is_bcond(insn));
 }
 
-static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(patch_lock);
-
-static bool is_exit_text(unsigned long addr)
-{
-	/* discarded with init text/data */
-	return system_state < SYSTEM_RUNNING &&
-		addr >= (unsigned long)__exittext_begin &&
-		addr < (unsigned long)__exittext_end;
-}
-
-static bool is_image_text(unsigned long addr)
-{
-	return core_kernel_text(addr) || is_exit_text(addr);
-}
-
-static void __kprobes *patch_map(void *addr, int fixmap)
-{
-	unsigned long uintaddr = (uintptr_t) addr;
-	bool image = is_image_text(uintaddr);
-	struct page *page;
-
-	if (image)
-		page = phys_to_page(__pa_symbol(addr));
-	else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX))
-		page = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
-	else
-		return addr;
-
-	BUG_ON(!page);
-	return (void *)set_fixmap_offset(fixmap, page_to_phys(page) +
-			(uintaddr & ~PAGE_MASK));
-}
-
-static void __kprobes patch_unmap(int fixmap)
-{
-	clear_fixmap(fixmap);
-}
-/*
- * In ARMv8-A, A64 instructions have a fixed length of 32 bits and are always
- * little-endian.
- */
-int __kprobes aarch64_insn_read(void *addr, u32 *insnp)
-{
-	int ret;
-	__le32 val;
-
-	ret = copy_from_kernel_nofault(&val, addr, AARCH64_INSN_SIZE);
-	if (!ret)
-		*insnp = le32_to_cpu(val);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int __kprobes __aarch64_insn_write(void *addr, __le32 insn)
-{
-	void *waddr = addr;
-	unsigned long flags = 0;
-	int ret;
-
-	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&patch_lock, flags);
-	waddr = patch_map(addr, FIX_TEXT_POKE0);
-
-	ret = copy_to_kernel_nofault(waddr, &insn, AARCH64_INSN_SIZE);
-
-	patch_unmap(FIX_TEXT_POKE0);
-	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&patch_lock, flags);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-int __kprobes aarch64_insn_write(void *addr, u32 insn)
-{
-	return __aarch64_insn_write(addr, cpu_to_le32(insn));
-}
-
 bool __kprobes aarch64_insn_uses_literal(u32 insn)
 {
 	/* ldr/ldrsw (literal), prfm */
@@ -187,67 +105,6 @@ bool __kprobes aarch64_insn_is_branch(u32 insn)
 		aarch64_insn_is_bcond(insn);
 }
 
-int __kprobes aarch64_insn_patch_text_nosync(void *addr, u32 insn)
-{
-	u32 *tp = addr;
-	int ret;
-
-	/* A64 instructions must be word aligned */
-	if ((uintptr_t)tp & 0x3)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	ret = aarch64_insn_write(tp, insn);
-	if (ret == 0)
-		__flush_icache_range((uintptr_t)tp,
-				     (uintptr_t)tp + AARCH64_INSN_SIZE);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-struct aarch64_insn_patch {
-	void		**text_addrs;
-	u32		*new_insns;
-	int		insn_cnt;
-	atomic_t	cpu_count;
-};
-
-static int __kprobes aarch64_insn_patch_text_cb(void *arg)
-{
-	int i, ret = 0;
-	struct aarch64_insn_patch *pp = arg;
-
-	/* The first CPU becomes master */
-	if (atomic_inc_return(&pp->cpu_count) == 1) {
-		for (i = 0; ret == 0 && i < pp->insn_cnt; i++)
-			ret = aarch64_insn_patch_text_nosync(pp->text_addrs[i],
-							     pp->new_insns[i]);
-		/* Notify other processors with an additional increment. */
-		atomic_inc(&pp->cpu_count);
-	} else {
-		while (atomic_read(&pp->cpu_count) <= num_online_cpus())
-			cpu_relax();
-		isb();
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-int __kprobes aarch64_insn_patch_text(void *addrs[], u32 insns[], int cnt)
-{
-	struct aarch64_insn_patch patch = {
-		.text_addrs = addrs,
-		.new_insns = insns,
-		.insn_cnt = cnt,
-		.cpu_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0),
-	};
-
-	if (cnt <= 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	return stop_machine_cpuslocked(aarch64_insn_patch_text_cb, &patch,
-				       cpu_online_mask);
-}
-
 static int __kprobes aarch64_get_imm_shift_mask(enum aarch64_insn_imm_type type,
 						u32 *maskp, int *shiftp)
 {
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/jump_label.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/jump_label.c
index 9a8a0ae1e75f..fc98037e1220 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/jump_label.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/jump_label.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/jump_label.h>
 #include <asm/insn.h>
+#include <asm/patching.h>
 
 void arch_jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry,
 			       enum jump_label_type type)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/patching.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/patching.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d050e33901b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/patching.c
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/stop_machine.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+
+#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <asm/fixmap.h>
+#include <asm/kprobes.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
+
+static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(patch_lock);
+
+static bool is_exit_text(unsigned long addr)
+{
+	/* discarded with init text/data */
+	return system_state < SYSTEM_RUNNING &&
+		addr >= (unsigned long)__exittext_begin &&
+		addr < (unsigned long)__exittext_end;
+}
+
+static bool is_image_text(unsigned long addr)
+{
+	return core_kernel_text(addr) || is_exit_text(addr);
+}
+
+static void __kprobes *patch_map(void *addr, int fixmap)
+{
+	unsigned long uintaddr = (uintptr_t) addr;
+	bool image = is_image_text(uintaddr);
+	struct page *page;
+
+	if (image)
+		page = phys_to_page(__pa_symbol(addr));
+	else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX))
+		page = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
+	else
+		return addr;
+
+	BUG_ON(!page);
+	return (void *)set_fixmap_offset(fixmap, page_to_phys(page) +
+			(uintaddr & ~PAGE_MASK));
+}
+
+static void __kprobes patch_unmap(int fixmap)
+{
+	clear_fixmap(fixmap);
+}
+/*
+ * In ARMv8-A, A64 instructions have a fixed length of 32 bits and are always
+ * little-endian.
+ */
+int __kprobes aarch64_insn_read(void *addr, u32 *insnp)
+{
+	int ret;
+	__le32 val;
+
+	ret = copy_from_kernel_nofault(&val, addr, AARCH64_INSN_SIZE);
+	if (!ret)
+		*insnp = le32_to_cpu(val);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int __kprobes __aarch64_insn_write(void *addr, __le32 insn)
+{
+	void *waddr = addr;
+	unsigned long flags = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&patch_lock, flags);
+	waddr = patch_map(addr, FIX_TEXT_POKE0);
+
+	ret = copy_to_kernel_nofault(waddr, &insn, AARCH64_INSN_SIZE);
+
+	patch_unmap(FIX_TEXT_POKE0);
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&patch_lock, flags);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int __kprobes aarch64_insn_write(void *addr, u32 insn)
+{
+	return __aarch64_insn_write(addr, cpu_to_le32(insn));
+}
+
+int __kprobes aarch64_insn_patch_text_nosync(void *addr, u32 insn)
+{
+	u32 *tp = addr;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* A64 instructions must be word aligned */
+	if ((uintptr_t)tp & 0x3)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = aarch64_insn_write(tp, insn);
+	if (ret == 0)
+		__flush_icache_range((uintptr_t)tp,
+				     (uintptr_t)tp + AARCH64_INSN_SIZE);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+struct aarch64_insn_patch {
+	void		**text_addrs;
+	u32		*new_insns;
+	int		insn_cnt;
+	atomic_t	cpu_count;
+};
+
+static int __kprobes aarch64_insn_patch_text_cb(void *arg)
+{
+	int i, ret = 0;
+	struct aarch64_insn_patch *pp = arg;
+
+	/* The first CPU becomes master */
+	if (atomic_inc_return(&pp->cpu_count) == 1) {
+		for (i = 0; ret == 0 && i < pp->insn_cnt; i++)
+			ret = aarch64_insn_patch_text_nosync(pp->text_addrs[i],
+							     pp->new_insns[i]);
+		/* Notify other processors with an additional increment. */
+		atomic_inc(&pp->cpu_count);
+	} else {
+		while (atomic_read(&pp->cpu_count) <= num_online_cpus())
+			cpu_relax();
+		isb();
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int __kprobes aarch64_insn_patch_text(void *addrs[], u32 insns[], int cnt)
+{
+	struct aarch64_insn_patch patch = {
+		.text_addrs = addrs,
+		.new_insns = insns,
+		.insn_cnt = cnt,
+		.cpu_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0),
+	};
+
+	if (cnt <= 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return stop_machine_cpuslocked(aarch64_insn_patch_text_cb, &patch,
+				       cpu_online_mask);
+}
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
index a05d34f0e82a..d7057e307bca 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <asm/extable.h>
 #include <asm/insn.h>
 #include <asm/kprobes.h>
+#include <asm/patching.h>
 #include <asm/traps.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
 #include <asm/stack_pointer.h>
