diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index dd783beb88b3e8fe577413117ee8ab80e259e630..50ea12fd7bf5eeab23e6fc1bccafdf4dbe2ad89b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -418,7 +418,9 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 	ulong mcsrr1;
 	ulong mcsr;
 	u32 dec;
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOOKE
 	u32 decar;
+#endif
 	u32 tbl;
 	u32 tbu;
 	u32 tcr;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
index 72f13f4a06e0d0bb16e442b9840f87c9c8b1339b..86681eec60b1e81380417ad9dac009b84e1ca5f8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
@@ -1267,6 +1267,11 @@ void kvmppc_decrementer_func(unsigned long data)
 {
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = (struct kvm_vcpu *)data;
 
+	if (vcpu->arch.tcr & TCR_ARE) {
+		vcpu->arch.dec = vcpu->arch.decar;
+		kvmppc_emulate_dec(vcpu);
+	}
+
 	kvmppc_set_tsr_bits(vcpu, TSR_DIS);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke_emulate.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke_emulate.c
index 6c76397f2af482d622caee0e92f2d0da8cf3e77e..9eb9809eb13e2aa8ffee131c3550ba73bb4ce2f1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke_emulate.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke_emulate.c
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ int kvmppc_booke_emulate_mtspr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int sprn, ulong spr_val)
 		kvmppc_set_tcr(vcpu, spr_val);
 		break;
 
+	case SPRN_DECAR:
+		vcpu->arch.decar = spr_val;
+		break;
 	/*
 	 * Note: SPRG4-7 are user-readable.
 	 * These values are loaded into the real SPRGs when resuming the
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_emulate.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_emulate.c
index 8b99e076dc8183f0f82109c7304799a0f8d8ac81..e04b0ef55ce0e131df45cdadd06d95d004129bbb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_emulate.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_emulate.c
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@ int kvmppc_core_emulate_mfspr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int sprn, ulong *spr_val)
 		*spr_val = vcpu->arch.shared->mas7_3 >> 32;
 		break;
 #endif
+	case SPRN_DECAR:
+		*spr_val = vcpu->arch.decar;
+		break;
 	case SPRN_TLB0CFG:
 		*spr_val = vcpu->arch.tlbcfg[0];
 		break;