diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 85b05c463fae9077b4490bacfa80c31050a617fa..e8995727b1c15207757969ca9e4cd5b7990c2d17 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ int main(void)
 	DEFINE(SIGSEGV, SIGSEGV);
 	DEFINE(NMI_MASK, NMI_MASK);
 	DEFINE(THREAD_DSCR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, dscr));
+	DEFINE(THREAD_DSCR_INHERIT, offsetof(struct thread_struct, dscr_inherit));
 #else
 	DEFINE(THREAD_INFO, offsetof(struct task_struct, stack));
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index 4b01a25e29ef61ea5cdeb07a14939142ba1ecdd9..b40e0b4815b3f5297154fa9c6e8a66fa4ce7c574 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -370,6 +370,12 @@ _GLOBAL(ret_from_fork)
 	li	r3,0
 	b	syscall_exit
 
+	.section	".toc","aw"
+DSCR_DEFAULT:
+	.tc dscr_default[TC],dscr_default
+
+	.section	".text"
+
 /*
  * This routine switches between two different tasks.  The process
  * state of one is saved on its kernel stack.  Then the state
@@ -509,9 +515,6 @@ END_MMU_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(MMU_FTR_1T_SEGMENT)
 	mr	r1,r8		/* start using new stack pointer */
 	std	r7,PACAKSAVE(r13)
 
-	ld	r6,_CCR(r1)
-	mtcrf	0xFF,r6
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
 BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
 	ld	r0,THREAD_VRSAVE(r4)
@@ -520,14 +523,22 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC)
 #endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
+	lwz	r6,THREAD_DSCR_INHERIT(r4)
+	ld	r7,DSCR_DEFAULT@toc(2)
 	ld	r0,THREAD_DSCR(r4)
-	cmpd	r0,r25
-	beq	1f
+	cmpwi	r6,0
+	bne	1f
+	ld	r0,0(r7)
+1:	cmpd	r0,r25
+	beq	2f
 	mtspr	SPRN_DSCR,r0
-1:	
+2:
 END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_DSCR)
 #endif
 
+	ld	r6,_CCR(r1)
+	mtcrf	0xFF,r6
+
 	/* r3-r13 are destroyed -- Cort */
 	REST_8GPRS(14, r1)
 	REST_10GPRS(22, r1)