diff --git a/kernel/module/livepatch.c b/kernel/module/livepatch.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..486d4ff92719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/module/livepatch.c

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+ * Persist Elf information about a module. Copy the Elf header,
+ * section header table, section string table, and symtab section
+ * index from info to mod->klp_info.
+ */
+int copy_module_elf(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
+{
+	unsigned int size, symndx;
+	int ret;
+
+	size = sizeof(*mod->klp_info);
+	mod->klp_info = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!mod->klp_info)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* Elf header */
+	size = sizeof(mod->klp_info->hdr);
+	memcpy(&mod->klp_info->hdr, info->hdr, size);
+
+	/* Elf section header table */
+	size = sizeof(*info->sechdrs) * info->hdr->e_shnum;
+	mod->klp_info->sechdrs = kmemdup(info->sechdrs, size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!mod->klp_info->sechdrs) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_info;
+	}
+
+	/* Elf section name string table */
+	size = info->sechdrs[info->hdr->e_shstrndx].sh_size;
+	mod->klp_info->secstrings = kmemdup(info->secstrings, size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!mod->klp_info->secstrings) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_sechdrs;
+	}
+
+	/* Elf symbol section index */
+	symndx = info->index.sym;
+	mod->klp_info->symndx = symndx;
+
+	/*
+	 * For livepatch modules, core_kallsyms.symtab is a complete
+	 * copy of the original symbol table. Adjust sh_addr to point
+	 * to core_kallsyms.symtab since the copy of the symtab in module
+	 * init memory is freed at the end of do_init_module().
+	 */
+	mod->klp_info->sechdrs[symndx].sh_addr = (unsigned long)mod->core_kallsyms.symtab;
+
+	return 0;