diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
index e783453f910d45be9a7b12f266d708ddef123ed9..40e4a17c8ba0f249e2b65d85d4014fe7aa47f7a7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ machine_check_common:
 	STD_EXCEPTION_COMMON(0xb00, trap_0b, .unknown_exception)
 	STD_EXCEPTION_COMMON(0xd00, single_step, .single_step_exception)
 	STD_EXCEPTION_COMMON(0xe00, trap_0e, .unknown_exception)
-	STD_EXCEPTION_COMMON(0xe40, emulation_assist, .program_check_exception)
+	STD_EXCEPTION_COMMON(0xe40, emulation_assist, .emulation_assist_interrupt)
 	STD_EXCEPTION_COMMON(0xe60, hmi_exception, .unknown_exception)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_DOORBELL
 	STD_EXCEPTION_COMMON_ASYNC(0xe80, h_doorbell, .doorbell_exception)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index f18c79c324eff539a25f8a5f10d13566a68eb573..c0e5caf8ccc72c0f7624b1e7dc9c3f7ecfe4b242 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -1165,6 +1165,16 @@ void __kprobes program_check_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	exception_exit(prev_state);
 }
 
+/*
+ * This occurs when running in hypervisor mode on POWER6 or later
+ * and an illegal instruction is encountered.
+ */
+void __kprobes emulation_assist_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	regs->msr |= REASON_ILLEGAL;
+	program_check_exception(regs);
+}
+
 void alignment_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	enum ctx_state prev_state = exception_enter();