diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h
index 1faff0be1111..df00e91c9a90 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 #include <asm/ppc_asm.h>
 
 /*
- * The macros sets two stack frames, one for the caller and one for the callee
+ * The macro sets two stack frames, one for the caller and one for the callee
  * because there are no requirement for the caller to set a stack frame when
  * calling VDSO so it may have omitted to set one, especially on PPC64
  */
 
-.macro cvdso_call funct
+.macro cvdso_call funct call_time=0
   .cfi_startproc
 	PPC_STLU	r1, -PPC_MIN_STKFRM(r1)
 	mflr		r0
@@ -25,45 +25,28 @@
 	PPC_STL		r2, PPC_MIN_STKFRM + STK_GOT(r1)
 #endif
 	get_datapage	r5
+	.ifeq	\call_time
 	addi		r5, r5, VDSO_DATA_OFFSET
+	.else
+	addi		r4, r5, VDSO_DATA_OFFSET
+	.endif
 	bl		DOTSYM(\funct)
 	PPC_LL		r0, PPC_MIN_STKFRM + PPC_LR_STKOFF(r1)
 #ifdef __powerpc64__
 	PPC_LL		r2, PPC_MIN_STKFRM + STK_GOT(r1)
 #endif
+	.ifeq	\call_time
 	cmpwi		r3, 0
+	.endif
 	mtlr		r0
   .cfi_restore lr
 	addi		r1, r1, 2 * PPC_MIN_STKFRM
 	crclr		so
+	.ifeq	\call_time
 	beqlr+
 	crset		so
 	neg		r3, r3
-	blr
-  .cfi_endproc
-.endm
-
-.macro cvdso_call_time funct
-  .cfi_startproc
-	PPC_STLU	r1, -PPC_MIN_STKFRM(r1)
-	mflr		r0
-  .cfi_register lr, r0
-	PPC_STLU	r1, -PPC_MIN_STKFRM(r1)
-	PPC_STL		r0, PPC_MIN_STKFRM + PPC_LR_STKOFF(r1)
-#ifdef __powerpc64__
-	PPC_STL		r2, PPC_MIN_STKFRM + STK_GOT(r1)
-#endif
-	get_datapage	r4
-	addi		r4, r4, VDSO_DATA_OFFSET
-	bl		DOTSYM(\funct)
-	PPC_LL		r0, PPC_MIN_STKFRM + PPC_LR_STKOFF(r1)
-#ifdef __powerpc64__
-	PPC_LL		r2, PPC_MIN_STKFRM + STK_GOT(r1)
-#endif
-	crclr		so
-	mtlr		r0
-  .cfi_restore lr
-	addi		r1, r1, 2 * PPC_MIN_STKFRM
+	.endif
 	blr
   .cfi_endproc
 .endm
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/gettimeofday.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/gettimeofday.S
index c875312274aa..397f290015bc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/gettimeofday.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/gettimeofday.S
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ V_FUNCTION_END(__kernel_clock_getres)
  *
  */
 V_FUNCTION_BEGIN(__kernel_time)
-	cvdso_call_time __c_kernel_time
+	cvdso_call __c_kernel_time call_time=1
 V_FUNCTION_END(__kernel_time)
 
 /* Routines for restoring integer registers, called by the compiler.  */