diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 05496622b4ef..ef03e6e16bdb 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3185,6 +3185,10 @@
 			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
 			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
 
+	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
+			Format: {"off"}
+			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
+
 	print-fatal-signals=
 			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index f83056297441..d9bd6555f980 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -658,6 +658,35 @@ static void __init early_reserve_mem(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
+static bool tm_disabled __initdata;
+
+static int __init parse_ppc_tm(char *str)
+{
+	bool res;
+
+	if (kstrtobool(str, &res))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	tm_disabled = !res;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("ppc_tm", parse_ppc_tm);
+
+static void __init tm_init(void)
+{
+	if (tm_disabled) {
+		pr_info("Disabling hardware transactional memory (HTM)\n");
+		cur_cpu_spec->cpu_user_features2 &=
+			~(PPC_FEATURE2_HTM_NOSC | PPC_FEATURE2_HTM);
+		cur_cpu_spec->cpu_features &= ~CPU_FTR_TM;
+	}
+}
+#else
+static void tm_init(void) { }
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM */
+
 void __init early_init_devtree(void *params)
 {
 	phys_addr_t limit;
@@ -767,6 +796,8 @@ void __init early_init_devtree(void *params)
 		powerpc_firmware_features |= FW_FEATURE_PS3_POSSIBLE;
 #endif
 
+	tm_init();
+
 	DBG(" <- early_init_devtree()\n");
 }