diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
index 87502046c0dcfa9ed80ea856643abe05762aca13..37f87f069cbf1ba3b5e0d59fc74856ec0d914f7e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@
 #define TS_FPRWIDTH 1
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+/* Default SMT priority is set to 3. Use 11- 13bits to save priority. */
+#define PPR_PRIORITY 3
+#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
+#define INIT_PPR (PPR_PRIORITY << 50)
+#else
+#define INIT_PPR ((u64)PPR_PRIORITY << 50)
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
+
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/cache.h>
@@ -245,6 +255,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 	unsigned long	dscr;
 	int		dscr_inherit;
+	unsigned long	ppr;	/* used to save/restore SMT priority */
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -278,6 +289,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	.fpr = {{0}}, \
 	.fpscr = { .val = 0, }, \
 	.fpexc_mode = 0, \
+	.ppr = INIT_PPR, \
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 4e23ba2f3ca7622d7f2fe66f6d0925bae26f0cf1..e39ca556e87ff03d2a0b8e294af38fc0dcc058f5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ int main(void)
 	DEFINE(NMI_MASK, NMI_MASK);
 	DEFINE(THREAD_DSCR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, dscr));
 	DEFINE(THREAD_DSCR_INHERIT, offsetof(struct thread_struct, dscr_inherit));
+	DEFINE(TASKTHREADPPR, offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.ppr));
 #else
 	DEFINE(THREAD_INFO, offsetof(struct task_struct, stack));
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 81430674e71c4a81c40546456061714d9937f5d6..3065d17f3606e38e140c3d96eb96671ef9c31d3f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -813,6 +813,8 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
 		p->thread.dscr_inherit = current->thread.dscr_inherit;
 		p->thread.dscr = current->thread.dscr;
 	}
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR))
+		p->thread.ppr = INIT_PPR;
 #endif
 	/*
 	 * The PPC64 ABI makes use of a TOC to contain function