diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index fce05a38851c7f1f6e4458e93bdd3041e99cd2cd..5a8601c95bbe6e2e863e093c5913fc7ec5784284 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ int __kprobes kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 			 */
 			save_previous_kprobe(kcb);
 			set_current_kprobe(p, regs, kcb);
-			kcb->kprobe_saved_msr = regs->msr;
 			kprobes_inc_nmissed_count(p);
 			prepare_singlestep(p, regs);
 			kcb->kprobe_status = KPROBE_REENTER;