diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 5edccd9..ed75bc9 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -266,6 +266,27 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc_node);
 
+#ifndef PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC
+# define PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC PAGE_KERNEL
+#endif
+
+/**
+ *	vmalloc_exec  -  allocate virtually contiguous, executable memory
+ *	@size:		allocation size
+ *
+ *	Kernel-internal function to allocate enough pages to cover @size
+ *	the page level allocator and map them into contiguous and
+ *	executable kernel virtual space.
+ *
+ *	For tight control over page level allocator and protection flags
+ *	use __vmalloc() instead.
+ */
+
+void *vmalloc_exec(unsigned long size)
+{
+	return __vmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC);
+}
+
 /**
  * vmalloc_32  -  allocate virtually contiguous memory (32bit addressable)
  *	@size:		allocation size