diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
index b4d38cb65f17ba332c699b865cf34e7092c39de3..e2c9d48a68047730a4039748916fdd6adda55bdc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
@@ -211,37 +211,43 @@ static int spufs_cntl_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 #define spufs_cntl_mmap NULL
 #endif /* !SPUFS_MMAP_4K */
 
-static int spufs_cntl_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+static u64 spufs_cntl_get(void *data)
 {
-	struct spufs_inode_info *i = SPUFS_I(inode);
-	struct spu_context *ctx = i->i_ctx;
+	struct spu_context *ctx = data;
+	u64 val;
 
-	file->private_data = ctx;
-	file->f_mapping = inode->i_mapping;
-	ctx->cntl = inode->i_mapping;
-	return 0;
+	spu_acquire(ctx);
+	val = ctx->ops->status_read(ctx);
+	spu_release(ctx);
+
+	return val;
 }
 
-static ssize_t
-spufs_cntl_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer,
-		size_t size, loff_t *pos)
+static void spufs_cntl_set(void *data, u64 val)
 {
-	/* FIXME: read from spu status */
-	return -EINVAL;
+	struct spu_context *ctx = data;
+
+	spu_acquire(ctx);
+	ctx->ops->runcntl_write(ctx, val);
+	spu_release(ctx);
 }
 
-static ssize_t
-spufs_cntl_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
-		 size_t size, loff_t *pos)
+static int spufs_cntl_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	/* FIXME: write to runctl bit */
-	return -EINVAL;
+	struct spufs_inode_info *i = SPUFS_I(inode);
+	struct spu_context *ctx = i->i_ctx;
+
+	file->private_data = ctx;
+	file->f_mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+	ctx->cntl = inode->i_mapping;
+	return simple_attr_open(inode, file, spufs_cntl_get,
+					spufs_cntl_set, "0x%08lx");
 }
 
 static struct file_operations spufs_cntl_fops = {
 	.open = spufs_cntl_open,
-	.read = spufs_cntl_read,
-	.write = spufs_cntl_write,
+	.read = simple_attr_read,
+	.write = simple_attr_write,
 	.mmap = spufs_cntl_mmap,
 };