diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/.gitignore
index d216eddcd493..2ac376410c70 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ tm-signal-msr-resv
 tm-signal-stack
 tm-vmxcopy
 tm-fork
+tm-tar
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/Makefile
index 2db475b12720..cb4b3bf57a4d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-TEST_PROGS := tm-resched-dscr tm-syscall tm-signal-msr-resv tm-signal-stack tm-vmxcopy tm-fork
+TEST_PROGS := tm-resched-dscr tm-syscall tm-signal-msr-resv tm-signal-stack tm-vmxcopy tm-fork tm-tar
 
 all: $(TEST_PROGS)
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tar.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tar.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2d2fcc2b7a60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tar.c
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015, Michael Neuling, IBM Corp.
+ * Licensed under GPLv2.
+ * Original: Michael Neuling 19/7/2013
+ * Edited: Rashmica Gupta 01/12/2015
+ *
+ * Do some transactions, see if the tar is corrupted.
+ * If the transaction is aborted, the TAR should be rolled back to the
+ * checkpointed value before the transaction began. The value written to
+ * TAR in suspended mode should only remain in TAR if the transaction
+ * completes.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "tm.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+int	num_loops	= 10000;
+
+int test_tar(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_loops; i++)
+	{
+		uint64_t result = 0;
+		asm __volatile__(
+			"li	7, 1;"
+			"mtspr	%[tar], 7;"	/* tar = 1 */
+			"tbegin.;"
+			"beq	3f;"
+			"li	4, 0x7000;"	/* Loop lots, to use time */
+			"2:;"			/* Start loop */
+			"li	7, 2;"
+			"mtspr	%[tar], 7;"	/* tar = 2 */
+			"tsuspend.;"
+			"li	7, 3;"
+			"mtspr	%[tar], 7;"	/* tar = 3 */
+			"tresume.;"
+			"subi	4, 4, 1;"
+			"cmpdi	4, 0;"
+			"bne	2b;"
+			"tend.;"
+
+			/* Transaction sucess! TAR should be 3 */
+			"mfspr  7, %[tar];"
+			"ori	%[res], 7, 4;"  // res = 3|4 = 7
+			"b	4f;"
+
+			/* Abort handler. TAR should be rolled back to 1 */
+			"3:;"
+			"mfspr  7, %[tar];"
+			"ori	%[res], 7, 8;"	// res = 1|8 = 9
+			"4:;"
+
+			: [res]"=r"(result)
+			: [tar]"i"(SPRN_TAR)
+			   : "memory", "r0", "r4", "r7");
+
+		/* If result is anything else other than 7 or 9, the tar
+		 * value must have been corrupted. */
+		if ((result != 7) && (result != 9))
+			return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	/* A low number of iterations (eg 100) can cause a false pass */
+	if (argc > 1) {
+		if (strcmp(argv[1], "-h") == 0) {
+			printf("Syntax:\n\t%s [<num loops>]\n",
+			       argv[0]);
+			return 1;
+		} else {
+			num_loops = atoi(argv[1]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	printf("Starting, %d loops\n", num_loops);
+
+	return test_harness(test_tar, "tm_tar");
+}