diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso_datapage.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso_datapage.h
index b73a8199f161..5c2e1a28a981 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso_datapage.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso_datapage.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ struct vdso_data {
 	__s32 wtom_clock_nsec;
 	struct timespec stamp_xtime;	/* xtime as at tb_orig_stamp */
 	__u32 stamp_sec_fraction;	/* fractional seconds of stamp_xtime */
+	__u32 hrtimer_res;			/* hrtimer resolution */
    	__u32 syscall_map_64[SYSCALL_MAP_SIZE]; /* map of syscalls  */
    	__u32 syscall_map_32[SYSCALL_MAP_SIZE]; /* map of syscalls */
 };
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ struct vdso_data {
 	__s32 wtom_clock_nsec;
 	struct timespec stamp_xtime;	/* xtime as at tb_orig_stamp */
 	__u32 stamp_sec_fraction;	/* fractional seconds of stamp_xtime */
+	__u32 hrtimer_res;		/* hrtimer resolution */
    	__u32 syscall_map_32[SYSCALL_MAP_SIZE]; /* map of syscalls */
 	__u32 dcache_block_size;	/* L1 d-cache block size     */
 	__u32 icache_block_size;	/* L1 i-cache block size     */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index de3c29c51503..b9ab319bf2bd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ int main(void)
 	DEFINE(WTOM_CLOCK_NSEC, offsetof(struct vdso_data, wtom_clock_nsec));
 	DEFINE(STAMP_XTIME, offsetof(struct vdso_data, stamp_xtime));
 	DEFINE(STAMP_SEC_FRAC, offsetof(struct vdso_data, stamp_sec_fraction));
+	DEFINE(CLOCK_HRTIMER_RES, offsetof(struct vdso_data, hrtimer_res));
 	DEFINE(CFG_ICACHE_BLOCKSZ, offsetof(struct vdso_data, icache_block_size));
 	DEFINE(CFG_DCACHE_BLOCKSZ, offsetof(struct vdso_data, dcache_block_size));
 	DEFINE(CFG_ICACHE_LOGBLOCKSZ, offsetof(struct vdso_data, icache_log_block_size));
@@ -426,7 +427,6 @@ int main(void)
 	DEFINE(CLOCK_REALTIME, CLOCK_REALTIME);
 	DEFINE(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
 	DEFINE(NSEC_PER_SEC, NSEC_PER_SEC);
-	DEFINE(CLOCK_REALTIME_RES, MONOTONIC_RES_NSEC);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BUG
 	DEFINE(BUG_ENTRY_SIZE, sizeof(struct bug_entry));
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
index 9baba9576e99..2e9cae5f8d17 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
@@ -829,6 +829,7 @@ void update_vsyscall_old(struct timespec *wall_time, struct timespec *wtm,
 	vdso_data->wtom_clock_nsec = wtm->tv_nsec;
 	vdso_data->stamp_xtime = *wall_time;
 	vdso_data->stamp_sec_fraction = frac_sec;
+	vdso_data->hrtimer_res = hrtimer_resolution;
 	smp_wmb();
 	++(vdso_data->tb_update_count);
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/gettimeofday.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/gettimeofday.S
index 7b341b86216c..9b24466570c8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/gettimeofday.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/gettimeofday.S
@@ -160,12 +160,15 @@ V_FUNCTION_BEGIN(__kernel_clock_getres)
 	cror	cr0*4+eq,cr0*4+eq,cr1*4+eq
 	bne	cr0,99f
 
+	mflr	r12
+  .cfi_register lr,r12
+	bl	__get_datapage@local	/* get data page */
+	lwz	r5, CLOCK_HRTIMER_RES(r3)
+	mtlr	r12
 	li	r3,0
 	cmpli	cr0,r4,0
 	crclr	cr0*4+so
 	beqlr
-	lis	r5,CLOCK_REALTIME_RES@h
-	ori	r5,r5,CLOCK_REALTIME_RES@l
 	stw	r3,TSPC32_TV_SEC(r4)
 	stw	r5,TSPC32_TV_NSEC(r4)
 	blr
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.S
index 09b2a49f6dd5..c973378e1f2b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.S
@@ -145,12 +145,15 @@ V_FUNCTION_BEGIN(__kernel_clock_getres)
 	cror	cr0*4+eq,cr0*4+eq,cr1*4+eq
 	bne	cr0,99f
 
+	mflr	r12
+  .cfi_register lr,r12
+	bl	V_LOCAL_FUNC(__get_datapage)
+	lwz	r5, CLOCK_HRTIMER_RES(r3)
+	mtlr	r12
 	li	r3,0
 	cmpldi	cr0,r4,0
 	crclr	cr0*4+so
 	beqlr
-	lis	r5,CLOCK_REALTIME_RES@h
-	ori	r5,r5,CLOCK_REALTIME_RES@l
 	std	r3,TSPC64_TV_SEC(r4)
 	std	r5,TSPC64_TV_NSEC(r4)
 	blr