diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index 134bee9ac664..e8d126c3e7cd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -358,6 +358,29 @@ static int gpr_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * When the transaction is active, 'transact_fp' holds the current running
+ * value of all FPR registers and 'fp_state' holds the last checkpointed
+ * value of all FPR registers for the current transaction. When transaction
+ * is not active 'fp_state' holds the current running state of all the FPR
+ * registers. So this function which returns the current running values of
+ * all the FPR registers, needs to know whether any transaction is active
+ * or not.
+ *
+ * Userspace interface buffer layout:
+ *
+ * struct data {
+ *	u64	fpr[32];
+ *	u64	fpscr;
+ * };
+ *
+ * There are two config options CONFIG_VSX and CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
+ * which determines the final code in this function. All the combinations of
+ * these two config options are possible except the one below as transactional
+ * memory config pulls in CONFIG_VSX automatically.
+ *
+ *	!defined(CONFIG_VSX) && defined(CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM)
+ */
 static int fpr_get(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 		   unsigned int pos, unsigned int count,
 		   void *kbuf, void __user *ubuf)
@@ -368,14 +391,31 @@ static int fpr_get(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 #endif
 	flush_fp_to_thread(target);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+#if defined(CONFIG_VSX) && defined(CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM)
+	/* copy to local buffer then write that out */
+	if (MSR_TM_ACTIVE(target->thread.regs->msr)) {
+		flush_altivec_to_thread(target);
+		flush_tmregs_to_thread(target);
+		for (i = 0; i < 32 ; i++)
+			buf[i] = target->thread.TS_TRANS_FPR(i);
+		buf[32] = target->thread.transact_fp.fpscr;
+	} else {
+		for (i = 0; i < 32 ; i++)
+			buf[i] = target->thread.TS_FPR(i);
+		buf[32] = target->thread.fp_state.fpscr;
+	}
+	return user_regset_copyout(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf, buf, 0, -1);
+#endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_VSX) && !defined(CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM)
 	/* copy to local buffer then write that out */
 	for (i = 0; i < 32 ; i++)
 		buf[i] = target->thread.TS_FPR(i);
 	buf[32] = target->thread.fp_state.fpscr;
 	return user_regset_copyout(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf, buf, 0, -1);
+#endif
 
-#else
+#if !defined(CONFIG_VSX) && !defined(CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM)
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct thread_fp_state, fpscr) !=
 		     offsetof(struct thread_fp_state, fpr[32]));
 
@@ -384,6 +424,29 @@ static int fpr_get(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 #endif
 }
 
+/*
+ * When the transaction is active, 'transact_fp' holds the current running
+ * value of all FPR registers and 'fp_state' holds the last checkpointed
+ * value of all FPR registers for the current transaction. When transaction
+ * is not active 'fp_state' holds the current running state of all the FPR
+ * registers. So this function which setss the current running values of
+ * all the FPR registers, needs to know whether any transaction is active
+ * or not.
+ *
+ * Userspace interface buffer layout:
+ *
+ * struct data {
+ *	u64	fpr[32];
+ *	u64	fpscr;
+ * };
+ *
+ * There are two config options CONFIG_VSX and CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
+ * which determines the final code in this function. All the combinations of
+ * these two config options are possible except the one below as transactional
+ * memory config pulls in CONFIG_VSX automatically.
+ *
+ *	!defined(CONFIG_VSX) && defined(CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM)
+ */
 static int fpr_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 		   unsigned int pos, unsigned int count,
 		   const void *kbuf, const void __user *ubuf)
@@ -394,7 +457,27 @@ static int fpr_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 #endif
 	flush_fp_to_thread(target);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+#if defined(CONFIG_VSX) && defined(CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM)
+	/* copy to local buffer then write that out */
+	i = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf, buf, 0, -1);
+	if (i)
+		return i;
+
+	if (MSR_TM_ACTIVE(target->thread.regs->msr)) {
+		flush_altivec_to_thread(target);
+		flush_tmregs_to_thread(target);
+		for (i = 0; i < 32 ; i++)
+			target->thread.TS_TRANS_FPR(i) = buf[i];
+		target->thread.transact_fp.fpscr = buf[32];
+	} else {
+		for (i = 0; i < 32 ; i++)
+			target->thread.TS_FPR(i) = buf[i];
+		target->thread.fp_state.fpscr = buf[32];
+	}
+	return 0;
+#endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_VSX) && !defined(CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM)
 	/* copy to local buffer then write that out */
 	i = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf, buf, 0, -1);
 	if (i)
@@ -403,7 +486,9 @@ static int fpr_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 		target->thread.TS_FPR(i) = buf[i];
 	target->thread.fp_state.fpscr = buf[32];
 	return 0;
-#else
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(CONFIG_VSX) && !defined(CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM)
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct thread_fp_state, fpscr) !=
 		     offsetof(struct thread_fp_state, fpr[32]));