diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 59dd545fdde188761e140c2f6969b9b9e348662b..16e77a81ab4f29d5090b3f65b600d738fe6ed9cf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -555,10 +555,12 @@ static inline void tm_recheckpoint_new_task(struct task_struct *new)
 		new->thread.regs->msr |=
 			(MSR_FP | new->thread.fpexc_mode);
 	}
+#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
 	if (msr & MSR_VEC) {
 		do_load_up_transact_altivec(&new->thread);
 		new->thread.regs->msr |= MSR_VEC;
 	}
+#endif
 	/* We may as well turn on VSX too since all the state is restored now */
 	if (msr & MSR_VSX)
 		new->thread.regs->msr |= MSR_VSX;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
index 3acb28e245b411d65ebcc8c68bfeec802e7f4737..95068bf569adc17cf51d7e32bd650daaba234b17 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -866,10 +866,12 @@ static long restore_tm_user_regs(struct pt_regs *regs,
 		do_load_up_transact_fpu(&current->thread);
 		regs->msr |= (MSR_FP | current->thread.fpexc_mode);
 	}
+#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
 	if (msr & MSR_VEC) {
 		do_load_up_transact_altivec(&current->thread);
 		regs->msr |= MSR_VEC;
 	}
+#endif
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
index 995f8543cb57ed869b603fee7c5d178c1d1af066..c1794286098ca2f78c5e32f4c01b0891ca04fc78 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -522,10 +522,12 @@ static long restore_tm_sigcontexts(struct pt_regs *regs,
 		do_load_up_transact_fpu(&current->thread);
 		regs->msr |= (MSR_FP | current->thread.fpexc_mode);
 	}
+#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
 	if (msr & MSR_VEC) {
 		do_load_up_transact_altivec(&current->thread);
 		regs->msr |= MSR_VEC;
 	}
+#endif
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/tm.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/tm.S
index 84dbace657ce197fb7a71d17e61042e87fb271c8..2da67e7a16d58650e10a0b6113b705bd88a6f2d3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/tm.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/tm.S
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ _GLOBAL(tm_recheckpoint)
 	or	r5, r6, r5			/* Set MSR.FP+.VSX/.VEC */
 	mtmsr	r5
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
 	/* FP and VEC registers:  These are recheckpointed from thread.fpr[]
 	 * and thread.vr[] respectively.  The thread.transact_fpr[] version
 	 * is more modern, and will be loaded subsequently by any FPUnavailable
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@ _GLOBAL(tm_recheckpoint)
 	REST_32VRS(0, r5, r3)			/* r5 scratch, r3 THREAD ptr */
 	ld	r5, THREAD_VRSAVE(r3)
 	mtspr	SPRN_VRSAVE, r5
+#endif
 
 dont_restore_vec:
 	andi.	r0, r4, MSR_FP