diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c
index bc77834dbf43..cb7f63da140c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@
 
 #define UPROBE_TRAP_NR	UINT_MAX
 
+/**
+ * is_trap_insn - check if the instruction is a trap variant
+ * @insn: instruction to be checked.
+ * Returns true if @insn is a trap variant.
+ */
+bool is_trap_insn(uprobe_opcode_t *insn)
+{
+	return (is_trap(*insn));
+}
+
 /**
  * arch_uprobe_analyze_insn
  * @mm: the probed address space.