diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event.h
index 0bb23725b1e721a0d5e89f23db233f15b8a9b3ac..b058568a850d63ca52af55c969bf80298a7ecaa5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 	do {							\
 		(regs)->result = 0;				\
 		(regs)->nip = __ip;				\
-		(regs)->gpr[1] = *(unsigned long *)__get_SP();	\
+		(regs)->gpr[1] = __get_SP();			\
 		asm volatile("mfmsr %0" : "=r" ((regs)->msr));	\
 	} while (0)
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
index fe3f9488f321e5ec20448ac92c6e6a3e16d4fc77..e539d7e714513df85e92ef6b1b8a9e52af61da7d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
@@ -1265,8 +1265,7 @@ static inline unsigned long mfvtb (void)
 
 #define proc_trap()	asm volatile("trap")
 
-#define __get_SP()	({unsigned long sp; \
-			asm volatile("mr %0,1": "=r" (sp)); sp;})
+extern unsigned long __get_SP(void);
 
 extern unsigned long scom970_read(unsigned int address);
 extern void scom970_write(unsigned int address, unsigned long value);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc.S
index 7ce26d45777ef1d5497ab778eff937b11204aef3..120deb713bc813d36189488a668fdd7192f18aba 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc.S
@@ -114,3 +114,7 @@ _GLOBAL(longjmp)
 	mtlr	r0
 	mr	r3,r4
 	blr
+
+_GLOBAL(__get_SP)
+	PPC_LL	r3,0(r1)
+	blr
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
index c4dfff6c2719ca5bfc6a17c9faf204fa836cad7f..9d84efbd7b7a8b6a8445bc2a62040e61793edef0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
@@ -41,3 +41,5 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(giveup_spe);
 #ifdef CONFIG_EPAPR_PARAVIRT
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(epapr_hypercall_start);
 #endif
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__get_SP);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index aa1df89c8b2a8165411d588af394ea85f833265b..3cc64398810177fbcdf0f60178549ddedd49da44 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ void show_stack(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long *stack)
 		tsk = current;
 	if (sp == 0) {
 		if (tsk == current)
-			asm("mr %0,1" : "=r" (sp));
+			sp = __get_SP();
 		else
 			sp = tsk->thread.ksp;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/stacktrace.c
index 3d30ef1038e5e285f1fe43f1d85ace5b1c3463b4..7f65baec29f64eb873d0c0c831da34011d5f2063 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void save_stack_trace(struct stack_trace *trace)
 {
 	unsigned long sp;
 
-	asm("mr %0,1" : "=r" (sp));
+	sp = __get_SP();
 
 	save_context_stack(trace, sp, current, 1);
 }