diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index e2f12cbcade9a49287c370204bcc71a4fb23b33a..0b93893424f5b2fe8246694e5e5e31c7b5324a0f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1505,6 +1505,16 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long start, unsigned long sp)
 		current->thread.regs = regs - 1;
 	}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
+	/*
+	 * Clear any transactional state, we're exec()ing. The cause is
+	 * not important as there will never be a recheckpoint so it's not
+	 * user visible.
+	 */
+	if (MSR_TM_SUSPENDED(mfmsr()))
+		tm_reclaim_current(0);
+#endif
+
 	memset(regs->gpr, 0, sizeof(regs->gpr));
 	regs->ctr = 0;
 	regs->link = 0;