diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/sections.h
index 1aaed8882294..96c9bb500c34 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -31,23 +31,4 @@ extern char __start_gate_brl_fsys_bubble_down_patchlist[], __end_gate_brl_fsys_b
 extern char __start_unwind[], __end_unwind[];
 extern char __start_ivt_text[], __end_ivt_text[];
 
-#undef dereference_function_descriptor
-static inline void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *ptr)
-{
-	struct fdesc *desc = ptr;
-	void *p;
-
-	if (!get_kernel_nofault(p, (void *)&desc->addr))
-		ptr = p;
-	return ptr;
-}
-
-#undef dereference_kernel_function_descriptor
-static inline void *dereference_kernel_function_descriptor(void *ptr)
-{
-	if (ptr < (void *)__start_opd || ptr >= (void *)__end_opd)
-		return ptr;
-	return dereference_function_descriptor(ptr);
-}
-
 #endif /* _ASM_IA64_SECTIONS_H */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/sections.h
index 37b34b357cb5..6b1fe22baaf5 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -13,13 +13,4 @@ typedef Elf64_Fdesc func_desc_t;
 
 extern char __alt_instructions[], __alt_instructions_end[];
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-
-#undef dereference_function_descriptor
-void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *);
-
-#undef dereference_kernel_function_descriptor
-void *dereference_kernel_function_descriptor(void *);
-#endif
-
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c
index 38ec4ae81239..7382576b52a8 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c
@@ -266,27 +266,6 @@ get_wchan(struct task_struct *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *ptr)
-{
-	Elf64_Fdesc *desc = ptr;
-	void *p;
-
-	if (!get_kernel_nofault(p, (void *)&desc->addr))
-		ptr = p;
-	return ptr;
-}
-
-void *dereference_kernel_function_descriptor(void *ptr)
-{
-	if (ptr < (void *)__start_opd ||
-			ptr >= (void *)__end_opd)
-		return ptr;
-
-	return dereference_function_descriptor(ptr);
-}
-#endif
-
 static inline unsigned long brk_rnd(void)
 {
 	return (get_random_int() & BRK_RND_MASK) << PAGE_SHIFT;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
index 1322d7b2f1a3..fbfe1957edbe 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -72,29 +72,6 @@ static inline int overlaps_kernel_text(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 		(unsigned long)_stext < end;
 }
 
-#ifdef PPC64_ELF_ABI_v1
-
-#undef dereference_function_descriptor
-static inline void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *ptr)
-{
-	struct ppc64_opd_entry *desc = ptr;
-	void *p;
-
-	if (!get_kernel_nofault(p, (void *)&desc->addr))
-		ptr = p;
-	return ptr;
-}
-
-#undef dereference_kernel_function_descriptor
-static inline void *dereference_kernel_function_descriptor(void *ptr)
-{
-	if (ptr < (void *)__start_opd || ptr >= (void *)__end_opd)
-		return ptr;
-
-	return dereference_function_descriptor(ptr);
-}
-#endif /* PPC64_ELF_ABI_v1 */
-
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/sections.h b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
index cbec7d5f1678..76163883c6ff 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/sections.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ extern __visible const void __nosave_begin, __nosave_end;
 
 /* Function descriptor handling (if any).  Override in asm/sections.h */
 #ifdef HAVE_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTORS
+void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *ptr);
+void *dereference_kernel_function_descriptor(void *ptr);
 #else
 #define dereference_function_descriptor(p) ((void *)(p))
 #define dereference_kernel_function_descriptor(p) ((void *)(p))
diff --git a/kernel/extable.c b/kernel/extable.c
index b0ea5eb0c3b4..013ccffade11 100644
--- a/kernel/extable.c
+++ b/kernel/extable.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
    Copyright (C) 2001 Rusty Russell, 2002 Rusty Russell IBM.
 
 */
+#include <linux/elf.h>
 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
 #include <linux/memory.h>
 #include <linux/extable.h>
@@ -159,12 +160,32 @@ int kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr)
 }
 
 /*
- * On some architectures (PPC64, IA64) function pointers
+ * On some architectures (PPC64, IA64, PARISC) function pointers
  * are actually only tokens to some data that then holds the
  * real function address. As a result, to find if a function
  * pointer is part of the kernel text, we need to do some
  * special dereferencing first.
  */
+#ifdef HAVE_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTORS
+void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *ptr)
+{
+	func_desc_t *desc = ptr;
+	void *p;
+
+	if (!get_kernel_nofault(p, (void *)&desc->addr))
+		ptr = p;
+	return ptr;
+}
+
+void *dereference_kernel_function_descriptor(void *ptr)
+{
+	if (ptr < (void *)__start_opd || ptr >= (void *)__end_opd)
+		return ptr;
+
+	return dereference_function_descriptor(ptr);
+}
+#endif
+
 int func_ptr_is_kernel_text(void *ptr)
 {
 	unsigned long addr;
