diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
index db206a7f38e2..9b68eafebf43 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct arch_hw_breakpoint {
 #else
 #define HW_BREAKPOINT_SIZE  0x8
 #endif
+#define HW_BREAKPOINT_SIZE_QUADWORD	0x10
 
 #define DABR_MAX_LEN	8
 #define DAWR_MAX_LEN	512
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 1f4a1efa0074..9f7df1c37233 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -520,9 +520,17 @@ static bool ea_hw_range_overlaps(unsigned long ea, int size,
 				 struct arch_hw_breakpoint *info)
 {
 	unsigned long hw_start_addr, hw_end_addr;
+	unsigned long align_size = HW_BREAKPOINT_SIZE;
 
-	hw_start_addr = ALIGN_DOWN(info->address, HW_BREAKPOINT_SIZE);
-	hw_end_addr = ALIGN(info->address + info->len, HW_BREAKPOINT_SIZE);
+	/*
+	 * On p10 predecessors, quadword is handle differently then
+	 * other instructions.
+	 */
+	if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_31) && size == 16)
+		align_size = HW_BREAKPOINT_SIZE_QUADWORD;
+
+	hw_start_addr = ALIGN_DOWN(info->address, align_size);
+	hw_end_addr = ALIGN(info->address + info->len, align_size);
 
 	return ((ea < hw_end_addr) && (ea + size > hw_start_addr));
 }