diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index e68faa4d1b13abb0b5b52bfb9a7b6207c80eca33..724733b7474417eadf74eeb094fe2aa8b2cfb4eb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -267,13 +267,23 @@ BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
 END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR)
 
 	ld	r13,GPR13(r1)	/* only restore r13 if returning to usermode */
+	ld	r2,GPR2(r1)
+	ld	r1,GPR1(r1)
+	mtlr	r4
+	mtcr	r5
+	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r7
+	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r8
+	RFI_TO_USER
+	b	.	/* prevent speculative execution */
+
+	/* exit to kernel */
 1:	ld	r2,GPR2(r1)
 	ld	r1,GPR1(r1)
 	mtlr	r4
 	mtcr	r5
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r7
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r8
-	RFI
+	RFI_TO_KERNEL
 	b	.	/* prevent speculative execution */
 
 .Lsyscall_error: