diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce_power.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce_power.c
index b76ca198e09c..f523125b9d34 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce_power.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce_power.c
@@ -624,5 +624,18 @@ long __machine_check_early_realmode_p8(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 long __machine_check_early_realmode_p9(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	/*
+	 * On POWER9 DD2.1 and below, it's possible to get a machine check
+	 * caused by a paste instruction where only DSISR bit 30 is set. This
+	 * will result in the MCE handler seeing an unknown event and the kernel
+	 * crashing. An MCE that occurs like this is spurious, so we don't need
+	 * to do anything in terms of servicing it. If there is something that
+	 * needs to be serviced, the CPU will raise the MCE again with the
+	 * correct DSISR so that it can be serviced properly. So detect this
+	 * case and mark it as handled.
+	 */
+	if (SRR1_MC_LOADSTORE(regs->msr) && regs->dsisr == 0x40000000)
+		return 1;
+
 	return mce_handle_error(regs, mce_p9_derror_table, mce_p9_ierror_table);
 }