diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
index 1b2076f049ce..d4f463ac65b1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ static struct vdso_patch_def vdso_patches[] = {
 		CPU_FTR_USE_TB, 0,
 		"__kernel_get_tbfreq", NULL
 	},
+	{
+		CPU_FTR_USE_TB, 0,
+		"__kernel_time", NULL
+	},
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/gettimeofday.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/gettimeofday.S
index 4ee09ee2e836..27e2f623210b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/gettimeofday.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/gettimeofday.S
@@ -180,6 +180,32 @@ V_FUNCTION_BEGIN(__kernel_clock_getres)
 V_FUNCTION_END(__kernel_clock_getres)
 
 
+/*
+ * Exact prototype of time()
+ *
+ * time_t time(time *t);
+ *
+ */
+V_FUNCTION_BEGIN(__kernel_time)
+  .cfi_startproc
+	mflr	r12
+  .cfi_register lr,r12
+
+	mr	r11,r3			/* r11 holds t */
+	bl	__get_datapage@local
+	mr	r9, r3			/* datapage ptr in r9 */
+
+	lwz	r3,STAMP_XTIME+TSPEC_TV_SEC(r9)
+
+	cmplwi	r11,0			/* check if t is NULL */
+	beq	2f
+	stw	r3,0(r11)		/* store result at *t */
+2:	mtlr	r12
+	crclr	cr0*4+so
+	blr
+  .cfi_endproc
+V_FUNCTION_END(__kernel_time)
+
 /*
  * This is the core of clock_gettime() and gettimeofday(),
  * it returns the current time in r3 (seconds) and r4.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
index 43200ba2e570..f223409629b9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ VERSION
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 		__kernel_getcpu;
 #endif
+		__kernel_time;
 
 	local: *;
 	};
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.S
index e97a9a0dc4ac..a76b4af37ef2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.S
@@ -164,6 +164,32 @@ V_FUNCTION_BEGIN(__kernel_clock_getres)
   .cfi_endproc
 V_FUNCTION_END(__kernel_clock_getres)
 
+/*
+ * Exact prototype of time()
+ *
+ * time_t time(time *t);
+ *
+ */
+V_FUNCTION_BEGIN(__kernel_time)
+  .cfi_startproc
+	mflr	r12
+  .cfi_register lr,r12
+
+	mr	r11,r3			/* r11 holds t */
+	bl	V_LOCAL_FUNC(__get_datapage)
+
+	ld	r4,STAMP_XTIME+TSPC64_TV_SEC(r3)
+
+	cmpldi	r11,0			/* check if t is NULL */
+	beq	2f
+	std	r4,0(r11)		/* store result at *t */
+2:	mtlr	r12
+	crclr	cr0*4+so
+	mr	r3,r4
+	blr
+  .cfi_endproc
+V_FUNCTION_END(__kernel_time)
+
 
 /*
  * This is the core of clock_gettime() and gettimeofday(),
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S
index e6c1758f3588..e4863819663b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ VERSION
 		__kernel_sync_dicache_p5;
 		__kernel_sigtramp_rt64;
 		__kernel_getcpu;
+		__kernel_time;
 
 	local: *;
 	};