1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index 55613e33e263..4edeeb325429 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1591,7 +1591,10 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
         }
 
         case PTRACE_SET_DEBUGREG:
+                if (ptrace_get_breakpoints(child) < 0)
+                        return -ESRCH;
                 ret = ptrace_set_debugreg(child, addr, data);
+                ptrace_put_breakpoints(child);
                 break;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64