diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index b02807ea54dc094795ce0d9fa2d7966e129dd48b..c051dc2b42ada807e29bbc8ac7c7721a87a2d05b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -910,6 +910,8 @@ static inline void tm_reclaim_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	if (!MSR_TM_ACTIVE(thr->regs->msr))
 		goto out_and_saveregs;
 
+	WARN_ON(tm_suspend_disabled);
+
 	TM_DEBUG("--- tm_reclaim on pid %d (NIP=%lx, "
 		 "ccr=%lx, msr=%lx, trap=%lx)\n",
 		 tsk->pid, thr->regs->nip,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
index 92fb1c8dbbd83772af643dce2c9bef527e676f40..1dd5fa0f65fd60965d577ef1d3c587e70bd5d0d9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -519,6 +519,8 @@ static int save_tm_user_regs(struct pt_regs *regs,
 {
 	unsigned long msr = regs->msr;
 
+	WARN_ON(tm_suspend_disabled);
+
 	/* Remove TM bits from thread's MSR.  The MSR in the sigcontext
 	 * just indicates to userland that we were doing a transaction, but we
 	 * don't want to return in transactional state.  This also ensures
@@ -769,6 +771,8 @@ static long restore_tm_user_regs(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	int i;
 #endif
 
+	if (tm_suspend_disabled)
+		return 1;
 	/*
 	 * restore general registers but not including MSR or SOFTE. Also
 	 * take care of keeping r2 (TLS) intact if not a signal.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
index c83c115858c1909218c5897a23f15f0bbd7b10ed..4dfdd8e568365e6373f9c468244b3505b3fb96db 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ static long setup_tm_sigcontexts(struct sigcontext __user *sc,
 
 	BUG_ON(!MSR_TM_ACTIVE(regs->msr));
 
+	WARN_ON(tm_suspend_disabled);
+
 	/* Remove TM bits from thread's MSR.  The MSR in the sigcontext
 	 * just indicates to userland that we were doing a transaction, but we
 	 * don't want to return in transactional state.  This also ensures
@@ -430,6 +432,9 @@ static long restore_tm_sigcontexts(struct task_struct *tsk,
 
 	BUG_ON(tsk != current);
 
+	if (tm_suspend_disabled)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* copy the GPRs */
 	err |= __copy_from_user(regs->gpr, tm_sc->gp_regs, sizeof(regs->gpr));
 	err |= __copy_from_user(&tsk->thread.ckpt_regs, sc->gp_regs,