diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
index 8265697f5ff8..2d39b7c246e3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
@@ -1014,7 +1014,10 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(emulate_dcbz);
 
 #define __put_user_asmx(x, addr, err, op, cr)		\
 	__asm__ __volatile__(				\
+		".machine push\n"			\
+		".machine power8\n"			\
 		"1:	" op " %2,0,%3\n"		\
+		".machine pop\n"			\
 		"	mfcr	%1\n"			\
 		"2:\n"					\
 		".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n"		\
@@ -1027,7 +1030,10 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(emulate_dcbz);
 
 #define __get_user_asmx(x, addr, err, op)		\
 	__asm__ __volatile__(				\
+		".machine push\n"			\
+		".machine power8\n"			\
 		"1:	"op" %1,0,%2\n"			\
+		".machine pop\n"			\
 		"2:\n"					\
 		".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n"		\
 		"3:	li	%0,%3\n"		\