diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
index 72adb19a204d..f7f3c215d06f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ extern void __restore_cpu_power7(void);
 				 PPC_FEATURE_SMT | PPC_FEATURE_ICACHE_SNOOP)
 #define COMMON_USER_POWER6	(COMMON_USER_PPC64 | PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_05 |\
 				 PPC_FEATURE_SMT | PPC_FEATURE_ICACHE_SNOOP | \
-				 PPC_FEATURE_TRUE_LE)
+				 PPC_FEATURE_TRUE_LE | \
+				 PPC_FEATURE_PSERIES_PERFMON_COMPAT)
 #define COMMON_USER_POWER7	(COMMON_USER_PPC64 | PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_06 |\
 				 PPC_FEATURE_SMT | PPC_FEATURE_ICACHE_SNOOP | \
-				 PPC_FEATURE_TRUE_LE)
+				 PPC_FEATURE_TRUE_LE | \
+				 PPC_FEATURE_PSERIES_PERFMON_COMPAT)
 #define COMMON_USER_PA6T	(COMMON_USER_PPC64 | PPC_FEATURE_PA6T |\
 				 PPC_FEATURE_TRUE_LE | \
 				 PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC_COMP)
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h b/include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h
index 4fd76898975b..2a3e9075a5a0 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 #define PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_06		0x00000100
 #define PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX		0x00000080
 
+#define PPC_FEATURE_PSERIES_PERFMON_COMPAT \
+					0x00000040
+
 #define PPC_FEATURE_TRUE_LE		0x00000002
 #define PPC_FEATURE_PPC_LE		0x00000001