diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
index 90c708e5e7c4d17f66fc5d1baed8141b7db5325f..8e7b09703ca45dbe2592441e5520176024baee24 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ static inline void hw_breakpoint_disable(void)
 	brk.address = 0;
 	brk.type = 0;
 	brk.len = 0;
-	__set_breakpoint(&brk);
+	if (ppc_breakpoint_available())
+		__set_breakpoint(&brk);
 }
 extern void thread_change_pc(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pt_regs *regs);
 int hw_breakpoint_handler(struct die_args *args);