diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fpu.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fpu.S
index 821e152e093c5bf4e58fe7b8b136974c7e4f2e52..8a2b3d62b9b88037b08b4491f2290c8b75758bb0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fpu.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fpu.S
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ _GLOBAL(load_up_fpu)
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 	/* restore registers and return */
 	/* we haven't used ctr or xer or lr */
-	b	fast_exception_return
+	blr
 
 /*
  * giveup_fpu(tsk)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
index 785af9b56591550d2947bf211e28901ab9981e48..99ee2f0f0f2bdcef067df7179e9614c459838983 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -421,8 +421,10 @@ BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
 	b 	ProgramCheck
 END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_FPU_UNAVAILABLE)
 	EXCEPTION_PROLOG
-	bne	load_up_fpu		/* if from user, just load it up */
-	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
+	beq	1f
+	bl	load_up_fpu		/* if from user, just load it up */
+	b	fast_exception_return
+1:	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
 	EXC_XFER_EE_LITE(0x800, kernel_fp_unavailable_exception)
 
 /* Decrementer */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index dd9e6595cae5190538b99635aae77f9d798e08d9..64433731d9958cc148d0458f8fdf3d1d33fbd65e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -741,7 +741,8 @@ fp_unavailable_common:
 	ENABLE_INTS
 	bl	.kernel_fp_unavailable_exception
 	BUG_OPCODE
-1:	b	.load_up_fpu
+1:	bl	.load_up_fpu
+	b	fast_exception_return
 
 	.align	7
 	.globl altivec_unavailable_common
@@ -749,7 +750,10 @@ altivec_unavailable_common:
 	EXCEPTION_PROLOG_COMMON(0xf20, PACA_EXGEN)
 #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
 BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
-	bne	.load_up_altivec	/* if from user, just load it up */
+	beq	1f
+	bl	.load_up_altivec
+	b	fast_exception_return
+1:
 END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC)
 #endif
 	bl	.save_nvgprs
@@ -829,7 +833,7 @@ _STATIC(load_up_altivec)
 	std	r4,0(r3)
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 	/* restore registers and return */
-	b	fast_exception_return
+	blr
 #endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_booke.h b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_booke.h
index 505494f1ee7c912aba27b5d3c18c5673e594c625..b0461be1c9286bcd1b217178d20423e7a041edf7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_booke.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_booke.h
@@ -376,8 +376,10 @@
 #define FP_UNAVAILABLE_EXCEPTION					      \
 	START_EXCEPTION(FloatingPointUnavailable)			      \
 	NORMAL_EXCEPTION_PROLOG;					      \
-	bne	load_up_fpu;		/* if from user, just load it up */   \
-	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD;				      \
+	beq	1f;							      \
+	bl	load_up_fpu;		/* if from user, just load it up */   \
+	b	fast_exception_return;					      \
+1:	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD;				      \
 	EXC_XFER_EE_LITE(0x800, kernel_fp_unavailable_exception)
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__