diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
index 0f53a4d586fa..de0b53b533d4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 TEST_PROGS := dscr_default_test dscr_explicit_test dscr_user_test	\
-	      dscr_inherit_test dscr_inherit_exec_test
+	      dscr_inherit_test dscr_inherit_exec_test dscr_sysfs_test
 
 dscr_default_test: LDLIBS += -lpthread
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_sysfs_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_sysfs_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..17fb1b43c320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_sysfs_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ * POWER Data Stream Control Register (DSCR) sysfs interface test
+ *
+ * This test updates to system wide DSCR default through the sysfs interface
+ * and then verifies that all the CPU specific DSCR defaults are updated as
+ * well verified from their sysfs interfaces.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015, Anshuman Khandual, IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+#include "dscr.h"
+
+static int check_cpu_dscr_default(char *file, unsigned long val)
+{
+	char buf[10];
+	int fd, rc;
+
+	fd = open(file, O_RDWR);
+	if (fd == -1) {
+		perror("open() failed");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	rc = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	if (rc == -1) {
+		perror("read() failed");
+		return 1;
+	}
+	close(fd);
+
+	buf[rc] = '\0';
+	if (strtol(buf, NULL, 16) != val) {
+		printf("DSCR match failed: %ld (system) %ld (cpu)\n",
+					val, strtol(buf, NULL, 16));
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int check_all_cpu_dscr_defaults(unsigned long val)
+{
+	DIR *sysfs;
+	struct dirent *dp;
+	char file[LEN_MAX];
+
+	sysfs = opendir(CPU_PATH);
+	if (!sysfs) {
+		perror("opendir() failed");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	while ((dp = readdir(sysfs))) {
+		if (!(dp->d_type & DT_DIR))
+			continue;
+		if (!strcmp(dp->d_name, "cpuidle"))
+			continue;
+		if (!strstr(dp->d_name, "cpu"))
+			continue;
+
+		sprintf(file, "%s%s/dscr", CPU_PATH, dp->d_name);
+		if (access(file, F_OK))
+			continue;
+
+		if (check_cpu_dscr_default(file, val))
+			return 1;
+	}
+	closedir(sysfs);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int dscr_sysfs(void)
+{
+	unsigned long orig_dscr_default;
+	int i, j;
+
+	orig_dscr_default = get_default_dscr();
+	for (i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < DSCR_MAX; j++) {
+			set_default_dscr(j);
+			if (check_all_cpu_dscr_defaults(j))
+				goto fail;
+		}
+	}
+	set_default_dscr(orig_dscr_default);
+	return 0;
+fail:
+	set_default_dscr(orig_dscr_default);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	return test_harness(dscr_sysfs, "dscr_sysfs_test");
+}