1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index 8a177bd9eab4..fb8866e0e35d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -576,8 +576,7 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request, long addr, long data)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPE
         case PTRACE_GETEVRREGS:
                 /* Get the child spe register state. */
-                if (child->thread.regs->msr & MSR_SPE)
-                        giveup_spe(child);
+                flush_spe_to_thread(child);
                 ret = get_evrregs((unsigned long __user *)data, child);
                 break;
 
@@ -585,8 +584,7 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request, long addr, long data)
                 /* Set the child spe register state. */
                 /* this is to clear the MSR_SPE bit to force a reload
                  * of register state from memory */
-                if (child->thread.regs->msr & MSR_SPE)
-                        giveup_spe(child);
+                flush_spe_to_thread(child);
                 ret = set_evrregs(child, (unsigned long __user *)data);
                 break;
 #endif