void apply_alternatives(struct alt_instr *start, struct alt_instr *end)
 {
 }
+
+void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
+{
+       /*
+        * In UML, the only reference to this function is in
+        * apply_relocate_add(), which shouldn't ever actually call this
+        * because UML doesn't have live patching.
+        */
+       WARN_ON(1);
+
+       return memcpy(addr, opcode, len);
+}
+
+void text_poke_sync(void)
+{
+}
 
        return 0;
 }
 #else /*X86_64*/
-int apply_relocate_add(Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
+static int __apply_relocate_add(Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
                   const char *strtab,
                   unsigned int symindex,
                   unsigned int relsec,
-                  struct module *me)
+                  struct module *me,
+                  void *(*write)(void *dest, const void *src, size_t len))
 {
        unsigned int i;
        Elf64_Rela *rel = (void *)sechdrs[relsec].sh_addr;
                case R_X86_64_64:
                        if (*(u64 *)loc != 0)
                                goto invalid_relocation;
-                       *(u64 *)loc = val;
+                       write(loc, &val, 8);
                        break;
                case R_X86_64_32:
                        if (*(u32 *)loc != 0)
                                goto invalid_relocation;
-                       *(u32 *)loc = val;
+                       write(loc, &val, 4);
                        if (val != *(u32 *)loc)
                                goto overflow;
                        break;
                case R_X86_64_32S:
                        if (*(s32 *)loc != 0)
                                goto invalid_relocation;
-                       *(s32 *)loc = val;
+                       write(loc, &val, 4);
                        if ((s64)val != *(s32 *)loc)
                                goto overflow;
                        break;
                        if (*(u32 *)loc != 0)
                                goto invalid_relocation;
                        val -= (u64)loc;
-                       *(u32 *)loc = val;
+                       write(loc, &val, 4);
 #if 0
                        if ((s64)val != *(s32 *)loc)
                                goto overflow;
                        if (*(u64 *)loc != 0)
                                goto invalid_relocation;
                        val -= (u64)loc;
-                       *(u64 *)loc = val;
+                       write(loc, &val, 8);
                        break;
                default:
                        pr_err("%s: Unknown rela relocation: %llu\n",
               me->name);
        return -ENOEXEC;
 }
+
+int apply_relocate_add(Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
+                  const char *strtab,
+                  unsigned int symindex,
+                  unsigned int relsec,
+                  struct module *me)
+{
+       int ret;
+       bool early = me->state == MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED;
+       void *(*write)(void *, const void *, size_t) = memcpy;
+
+       if (!early)
+               write = text_poke;
+
+       ret = __apply_relocate_add(sechdrs, strtab, symindex, relsec, me,
+                                  write);
+
+       if (!early)
+               text_poke_sync();
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
 #endif
 
 int module_finalize(const Elf_Ehdr *hdr,