diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sstep.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sstep.h
index 972ed0df154d6..1df867c2e054e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sstep.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sstep.h
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ struct pt_regs;
  * we don't allow putting a breakpoint on an mtmsrd instruction.
  * Similarly we don't allow breakpoints on rfid instructions.
  * These macros tell us if an instruction is a mtmsrd or rfid.
- * Note that IS_MTMSRD returns true for both an mtmsr (32-bit)
- * and an mtmsrd (64-bit).
+ * Note that these return true for both mtmsr/rfi (32-bit)
+ * and mtmsrd/rfid (64-bit).
  */
 #define IS_MTMSRD(instr)	((ppc_inst_val(instr) & 0xfc0007be) == 0x7c000124)
-#define IS_RFID(instr)		((ppc_inst_val(instr) & 0xfc0007fe) == 0x4c000024)
-#define IS_RFI(instr)		((ppc_inst_val(instr) & 0xfc0007fe) == 0x4c000064)
+#define IS_RFID(instr)		((ppc_inst_val(instr) & 0xfc0007be) == 0x4c000024)
 
 enum instruction_type {
 	COMPUTE,		/* arith/logical/CR op, etc. */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index 04714895d3f90..2303511c77457 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ int arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 	if ((unsigned long)p->addr & 0x03) {
 		printk("Attempt to register kprobe at an unaligned address\n");
 		ret = -EINVAL;
-	} else if (IS_MTMSRD(insn) || IS_RFID(insn) || IS_RFI(insn)) {
-		printk("Cannot register a kprobe on rfi/rfid or mtmsr[d]\n");
+	} else if (IS_MTMSRD(insn) || IS_RFID(insn)) {
+		printk("Cannot register a kprobe on mtmsr[d]/rfi[d]\n");
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	} else if ((unsigned long)p->addr & ~PAGE_MASK &&
 		   ppc_inst_prefixed(ppc_inst_read(p->addr - 1))) {