2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
index 72adb19a204d..f7f3c215d06f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ extern void __restore_cpu_power7(void);
                                  PPC_FEATURE_SMT | PPC_FEATURE_ICACHE_SNOOP)
 #define COMMON_USER_POWER6      (COMMON_USER_PPC64 | PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_05 |\
                                  PPC_FEATURE_SMT | PPC_FEATURE_ICACHE_SNOOP | \
-                                 PPC_FEATURE_TRUE_LE)
+                                 PPC_FEATURE_TRUE_LE | \
+                                 PPC_FEATURE_PSERIES_PERFMON_COMPAT)
 #define COMMON_USER_POWER7      (COMMON_USER_PPC64 | PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_06 |\
                                  PPC_FEATURE_SMT | PPC_FEATURE_ICACHE_SNOOP | \
-                                 PPC_FEATURE_TRUE_LE)
+                                 PPC_FEATURE_TRUE_LE | \
+                                 PPC_FEATURE_PSERIES_PERFMON_COMPAT)
 #define COMMON_USER_PA6T        (COMMON_USER_PPC64 | PPC_FEATURE_PA6T |\
                                  PPC_FEATURE_TRUE_LE | \
                                  PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC_COMP)
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h b/include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h
index 4fd76898975b..2a3e9075a5a0 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 #define PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_06           0x00000100
 #define PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX             0x00000080
 
+#define PPC_FEATURE_PSERIES_PERFMON_COMPAT \
+                                        0x00000040
+
 #define PPC_FEATURE_TRUE_LE             0x00000002
 #define PPC_FEATURE_PPC_LE              0x00000001