diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/sections.h
index 7286e4a..a7acad2 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -21,5 +21,8 @@
 extern char __start_unwind[], __end_unwind[];
 extern char __start_ivt_text[], __end_ivt_text[];
 
+#undef dereference_function_descriptor
+void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *);
+
 #endif /* _ASM_IA64_SECTIONS_H */
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/module.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/module.c
index 29aad34..545626f 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/module.c
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@
 #include <linux/elf.h>
 #include <linux/moduleloader.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 
 #include <asm/patch.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 #define ARCH_MODULE_DEBUG 0
@@ -941,3 +943,13 @@
 	if (mod->arch.core_unw_table)
 		unw_remove_unwind_table(mod->arch.core_unw_table);
 }
+
+void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *ptr)
+{
+	struct fdesc *desc = ptr;
+	void *p;
+
+	if (!probe_kernel_address(&desc->ip, p))
+		ptr = p;
+	return ptr;
+}
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
index fdacdd4..44138c3 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/unwind.h>
 
 #if 0
@@ -860,3 +862,15 @@
 	deregister_unwind_table(mod);
 	module_bug_cleanup(mod);
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *ptr)
+{
+	Elf64_Fdesc *desc = ptr;
+	void *p;
+
+	if (!probe_kernel_address(&desc->addr, p))
+		ptr = p;
+	return ptr;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
index 916018e..7710e9e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#undef dereference_function_descriptor
+void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *);
+
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
index ee6a298..ad79de2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/module.h>
-#include <asm/uaccess.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
 #include <asm/code-patching.h>
 #include <linux/sort.h>
@@ -451,3 +452,13 @@
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *ptr)
+{
+	struct ppc64_opd_entry *desc = ptr;
+	void *p;
+
+	if (!probe_kernel_address(&desc->funcaddr, p))
+		ptr = p;
+	return ptr;
+}
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/sections.h b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
index 8feeae1..79a7ff9 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/sections.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
@@ -14,4 +14,10 @@
 extern char __initdata_begin[], __initdata_end[];
 extern char __start_rodata[], __end_rodata[];
 
+/* function descriptor handling (if any).  Override
+ * in asm/sections.h */
+#ifndef dereference_function_descriptor
+#define dereference_function_descriptor(p) (p)
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_ */
diff --git a/include/asm-parisc/sections.h b/include/asm-parisc/sections.h
index fdd43ec..9d13c35 100644
--- a/include/asm-parisc/sections.h
+++ b/include/asm-parisc/sections.h
@@ -4,4 +4,9 @@
 /* nothing to see, move along */
 #include <asm-generic/sections.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+#undef dereference_function_descriptor
+void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *);
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index d8d1d11..c399bc1 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/page.h>		/* for PAGE_SIZE */
 #include <asm/div64.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>	/* for dereference_function_descriptor() */
 
 /* Works only for digits and letters, but small and fast */
 #define TOLOWER(x) ((x) | 0x20)
@@ -513,16 +514,6 @@
 	return buf;
 }
 
-static inline void *dereference_function_descriptor(void *ptr)
-{
-#if defined(CONFIG_IA64) || defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
-	void *p;
-	if (!probe_kernel_address(ptr, p))
-		ptr = p;
-#endif
-	return ptr;
-}
-
 static char *symbol_string(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr, int field_width, int precision, int flags)
 {
 	unsigned long value = (unsigned long) ptr;