diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
index 0c5f7c589b03..27650cd5857f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
@@ -906,7 +906,10 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(emulate_dcbz);
 
 #define __put_user_asmx(x, addr, err, op, cr)		\
 	__asm__ __volatile__(				\
+		".machine push\n"			\
+		".machine power8\n"			\
 		"1:	" op " %2,0,%3\n"		\
+		".machine pop\n"			\
 		"	mfcr	%1\n"			\
 		"2:\n"					\
 		".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n"		\
@@ -919,7 +922,10 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(emulate_dcbz);
 
 #define __get_user_asmx(x, addr, err, op)		\
 	__asm__ __volatile__(				\
+		".machine push\n"			\
+		".machine power8\n"			\
 		"1:	"op" %1,0,%2\n"			\
+		".machine pop\n"			\
 		"2:\n"					\
 		".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n"		\
 		"3:	li	%0,%3\n"		\