diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c b/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c
index 546e1ea4cafa31a6bb126dfce2fdcbde2e3fe6d3..6b76cf58d9e068c3ac6687a7f20d1bf6c61bac9c 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct cpu_spec	cpu_specs[] = {
 		.cpu_features		= CPU_FTR_COMMON | CPU_FTR_601 |
 			CPU_FTR_HPTE_TABLE,
 		.cpu_user_features 	= COMMON_PPC | PPC_FEATURE_601_INSTR |
-			PPC_FEATURE_UNIFIED_CACHE,
+			PPC_FEATURE_UNIFIED_CACHE | PPC_FEATURE_NO_TB,
 		.icache_bsize		= 32,
 		.dcache_bsize		= 32,
 		.cpu_setup		= __setup_cpu_601
@@ -745,7 +745,8 @@ struct cpu_spec	cpu_specs[] = {
 		.cpu_name		= "403GCX",
 		.cpu_features		= CPU_FTR_SPLIT_ID_CACHE |
 			CPU_FTR_USE_TB,
-		.cpu_user_features	= PPC_FEATURE_32 | PPC_FEATURE_HAS_MMU,
+		.cpu_user_features	= PPC_FEATURE_32 |
+		 	PPC_FEATURE_HAS_MMU | PPC_FEATURE_NO_TB,
 		.icache_bsize		= 16,
 		.dcache_bsize		= 16,
 	},
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc/cputable.h b/include/asm-ppc/cputable.h
index 41d8f8425c04e3312ab2f8eada4307f191810bc1..e17c492c870bb6f4b52293c6e941abde4cacb4bd 100644
--- a/include/asm-ppc/cputable.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc/cputable.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #define PPC_FEATURE_HAS_SPE		0x00800000
 #define PPC_FEATURE_HAS_EFP_SINGLE	0x00400000
 #define PPC_FEATURE_HAS_EFP_DOUBLE	0x00200000
+#define PPC_FEATURE_NO_TB		0x00100000
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__