diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index c7164739dc75..dc46ca1950c2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1659,6 +1659,7 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long start, unsigned long sp)
 #ifdef CONFIG_VSX
 	current->thread.used_vsr = 0;
 #endif
+	current->thread.load_fp = 0;
 	memset(&current->thread.fp_state, 0, sizeof(current->thread.fp_state));
 	current->thread.fp_save_area = NULL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
@@ -1667,6 +1668,7 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long start, unsigned long sp)
 	current->thread.vr_save_area = NULL;
 	current->thread.vrsave = 0;
 	current->thread.used_vr = 0;
+	current->thread.load_vec = 0;
 #endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPE
 	memset(current->thread.evr, 0, sizeof(current->thread.evr));