diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
index 34d2722b9451f816b08405549a691d421ae7d81a..9fb933248ab69fe2272f447d1b286407dee5d195 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ static struct cpu_spec __initdata cpu_specs[] = {
 		.pvr_value		= 0x80240000,
 		.cpu_name		= "e5500",
 		.cpu_features		= CPU_FTRS_E5500,
-		.cpu_user_features	= COMMON_USER_BOOKE,
+		.cpu_user_features	= COMMON_USER_BOOKE | PPC_FEATURE_HAS_FPU,
 		.mmu_features		= MMU_FTR_TYPE_FSL_E | MMU_FTR_BIG_PHYS |
 			MMU_FTR_USE_TLBILX,
 		.icache_bsize		= 64,