diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 1e78453..551f671 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -477,6 +477,28 @@
 	new_thread = &new->thread;
 	old_thread = &current->thread;
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E_64)
+	/* XXX Current Book3E code doesn't deal with kernel side DBCR0,
+	 * we always hold the user values, so we set it now.
+	 *
+	 * However, we ensure the kernel MSR:DE is appropriately cleared too
+	 * to avoid spurrious single step exceptions in the kernel.
+	 *
+	 * This will have to change to merge with the ppc32 code at some point,
+	 * but I don't like much what ppc32 is doing today so there's some
+	 * thinking needed there
+	 */
+	if ((new_thread->dbcr0 | old_thread->dbcr0) & DBCR0_IDM) {
+		u32 dbcr0;
+
+		mtmsr(mfmsr() & ~MSR_DE);
+		isync();
+		dbcr0 = mfspr(SPRN_DBCR0);
+		dbcr0 = (dbcr0 & DBCR0_EDM) | new_thread->dbcr0;
+		mtspr(SPRN_DBCR0, dbcr0);
+	}
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64_BOOK3E */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 	/*
 	 * Collect processor utilization data per process