diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 8655c7670350a22c46fc92d2552edff67d2230a2..92768d3006f7c0800c263bd2d121537fba2a4409 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ int main(void)
 	DEFINE(THREAD_VSCR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, vscr));
 	DEFINE(THREAD_USED_VR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, used_vr));
 #endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
+#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+	DEFINE(THREAD_VSR0, offsetof(struct thread_struct, fpr));
+	DEFINE(THREAD_USED_VSR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, used_vsr));
+#endif /* CONFIG_VSX */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 	DEFINE(KSP_VSID, offsetof(struct thread_struct, ksp_vsid));
 #else /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index 59ff08704e94337e6de56770bada607cba9da577..70fbde84b83f28fa9e6487421d2f5ffaa10ff117 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -215,29 +215,56 @@ static int fpr_get(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 		   unsigned int pos, unsigned int count,
 		   void *kbuf, void __user *ubuf)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+	double buf[33];
+	int i;
+#endif
 	flush_fp_to_thread(target);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+	/* copy to local buffer then write that out */
+	for (i = 0; i < 32 ; i++)
+		buf[i] = target->thread.TS_FPR(i);
+	memcpy(&buf[32], &target->thread.fpscr, sizeof(double));
+	return user_regset_copyout(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf, buf, 0, -1);
+
+#else
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct thread_struct, fpscr) !=
 		     offsetof(struct thread_struct, TS_FPR(32)));
 
 	return user_regset_copyout(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
 				   &target->thread.fpr, 0, -1);
+#endif
 }
 
 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)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+	double buf[33];
+	int i;
+#endif
 	flush_fp_to_thread(target);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+	/* copy to local buffer then write that out */
+	i = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf, buf, 0, -1);
+	if (i)
+		return i;
+	for (i = 0; i < 32 ; i++)
+		target->thread.TS_FPR(i) = buf[i];
+	memcpy(&target->thread.fpscr, &buf[32], sizeof(double));
+	return 0;
+#else
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct thread_struct, fpscr) !=
 		     offsetof(struct thread_struct, TS_FPR(32)));
 
 	return user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
 				  &target->thread.fpr, 0, -1);
+#endif
 }
 
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
 /*
  * Get/set all the altivec registers vr0..vr31, vscr, vrsave, in one go.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
index b057e6852a7d0a5fd611e76ba66252195b6fffb8..f7fa395b9fb5da1d18446895d6bb111f7a17de73 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -337,14 +337,16 @@ static int save_user_regs(struct pt_regs *regs, struct mcontext __user *frame,
 		int sigret)
 {
 	unsigned long msr = regs->msr;
+#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+	double buf[32];
+	int i;
+#endif
 
 	/* Make sure floating point registers are stored in regs */
 	flush_fp_to_thread(current);
 
-	/* save general and floating-point registers */
-	if (save_general_regs(regs, frame) ||
-	    __copy_to_user(&frame->mc_fregs, current->thread.fpr,
-		    ELF_NFPREG * sizeof(double)))
+	/* save general registers */
+	if (save_general_regs(regs, frame))
 		return 1;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
@@ -368,7 +370,20 @@ static int save_user_regs(struct pt_regs *regs, struct mcontext __user *frame,
 	if (__put_user(current->thread.vrsave, (u32 __user *)&frame->mc_vregs[32]))
 		return 1;
 #endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
-
+#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+	/* save FPR copy to local buffer then write to the thread_struct */
+	flush_fp_to_thread(current);
+	for (i = 0; i < 32 ; i++)
+		buf[i] = current->thread.TS_FPR(i);
+	memcpy(&buf[i], &current->thread.fpscr, sizeof(double));
+	if (__copy_to_user(&frame->mc_fregs, buf, ELF_NFPREG * sizeof(double)))
+		return 1;
+#else
+	/* save floating-point registers */
+	if (__copy_to_user(&frame->mc_fregs, current->thread.fpr,
+		    ELF_NFPREG * sizeof(double)))
+		return 1;
+#endif /* CONFIG_VSX */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPE
 	/* save spe registers */
 	if (current->thread.used_spe) {
@@ -411,6 +426,10 @@ static long restore_user_regs(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	long err;
 	unsigned int save_r2 = 0;
 	unsigned long msr;
+#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+	double buf[32];
+	int i;
+#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * restore general registers but not including MSR or SOFTE. Also
@@ -438,16 +457,11 @@ static long restore_user_regs(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	 */
 	discard_lazy_cpu_state();
 
-	/* force the process to reload the FP registers from
-	   current->thread when it next does FP instructions */
-	regs->msr &= ~(MSR_FP | MSR_FE0 | MSR_FE1);
-	if (__copy_from_user(current->thread.fpr, &sr->mc_fregs,
-			     sizeof(sr->mc_fregs)))
-		return 1;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
-	/* force the process to reload the altivec registers from
-	   current->thread when it next does altivec instructions */
+	/*
+	 * Force the process to reload the altivec registers from
+	 * current->thread when it next does altivec instructions
+	 */
 	regs->msr &= ~MSR_VEC;
 	if (msr & MSR_VEC) {
 		/* restore altivec registers from the stack */
@@ -462,6 +476,23 @@ static long restore_user_regs(struct pt_regs *regs,
 		return 1;
 #endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+	if (__copy_from_user(buf, &sr->mc_fregs,sizeof(sr->mc_fregs)))
+		return 1;
+	for (i = 0; i < 32 ; i++)
+		current->thread.TS_FPR(i) = buf[i];
+	memcpy(&current->thread.fpscr, &buf[i], sizeof(double));
+#else
+	if (__copy_from_user(current->thread.fpr, &sr->mc_fregs,
+			     sizeof(sr->mc_fregs)))
+		return 1;
+#endif /* CONFIG_VSX */
+	/*
+	 * force the process to reload the FP registers from
+	 * current->thread when it next does FP instructions
+	 */
+	regs->msr &= ~(MSR_FP | MSR_FE0 | MSR_FE1);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPE
 	/* force the process to reload the spe registers from
 	   current->thread when it next does spe instructions */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
index da7c058e3731ffc712367f7f2f4e01e572d0055d..a587b33cd6b99cf0296e45b74f28b62a751b45b2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ static long setup_sigcontext(struct sigcontext __user *sc, struct pt_regs *regs,
 #endif
 	unsigned long msr = regs->msr;
 	long err = 0;
+#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+	double buf[FP_REGS_SIZE];
+	int i;
+#endif
 
 	flush_fp_to_thread(current);
 
@@ -112,11 +116,21 @@ static long setup_sigcontext(struct sigcontext __user *sc, struct pt_regs *regs,
 #else /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
 	err |= __put_user(0, &sc->v_regs);
 #endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
+	flush_fp_to_thread(current);
+#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+	/* Copy FP to local buffer then write that out */
+	for (i = 0; i < 32 ; i++)
+		buf[i] = current->thread.TS_FPR(i);
+	memcpy(&buf[i], &current->thread.fpscr, sizeof(double));
+	err |= __copy_to_user(&sc->fp_regs, buf, FP_REGS_SIZE);
+#else /* CONFIG_VSX */
+	/* copy fpr regs and fpscr */
+	err |= __copy_to_user(&sc->fp_regs, &current->thread.fpr, FP_REGS_SIZE);
+#endif /* CONFIG_VSX */
 	err |= __put_user(&sc->gp_regs, &sc->regs);
 	WARN_ON(!FULL_REGS(regs));
 	err |= __copy_to_user(&sc->gp_regs, regs, GP_REGS_SIZE);
 	err |= __put_user(msr, &sc->gp_regs[PT_MSR]);
-	err |= __copy_to_user(&sc->fp_regs, &current->thread.fpr, FP_REGS_SIZE);
 	err |= __put_user(signr, &sc->signal);
 	err |= __put_user(handler, &sc->handler);
 	if (set != NULL)
@@ -134,6 +148,9 @@ static long restore_sigcontext(struct pt_regs *regs, sigset_t *set, int sig,
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
 	elf_vrreg_t __user *v_regs;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+	double buf[FP_REGS_SIZE];
 #endif
 	unsigned long err = 0;
 	unsigned long save_r13 = 0;
@@ -182,8 +199,6 @@ static long restore_sigcontext(struct pt_regs *regs, sigset_t *set, int sig,
 	 */
 	regs->msr &= ~(MSR_FP | MSR_FE0 | MSR_FE1 | MSR_VEC);
 
-	err |= __copy_from_user(&current->thread.fpr, &sc->fp_regs, FP_REGS_SIZE);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
 	err |= __get_user(v_regs, &sc->v_regs);
 	if (err)
@@ -202,7 +217,18 @@ static long restore_sigcontext(struct pt_regs *regs, sigset_t *set, int sig,
 	else
 		current->thread.vrsave = 0;
 #endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
+#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+	/* restore floating point */
+	err |= __copy_from_user(buf, &sc->fp_regs, FP_REGS_SIZE);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	for (i = 0; i < 32 ; i++)
+		current->thread.TS_FPR(i) = buf[i];
+	memcpy(&current->thread.fpscr, &buf[i], sizeof(double));
 
+#else
+	err |= __copy_from_user(&current->thread.fpr, &sc->fp_regs, FP_REGS_SIZE);
+#endif
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/processor.h b/include/asm-powerpc/processor.h
index a23da6356e069234e6f60e9000b0dbec5f3fe0e4..e93e72df4bca2208939de346f12baf3d56e49809 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/processor.h
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
 
 #include <asm/reg.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+#define TS_FPRWIDTH 2
+#else
 #define TS_FPRWIDTH 1
+#endif
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ extern long kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags);
 /* Lazy FPU handling on uni-processor */
 extern struct task_struct *last_task_used_math;
 extern struct task_struct *last_task_used_altivec;
+extern struct task_struct *last_task_used_vsx;
 extern struct task_struct *last_task_used_spe;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
@@ -142,7 +147,9 @@ typedef struct {
 	unsigned long seg;
 } mm_segment_t;
 
-#define TS_FPR(i) fpr[i]
+#define TS_FPROFFSET 0
+#define TS_VSRLOWOFFSET 1
+#define TS_FPR(i) fpr[i][TS_FPROFFSET]
 
 struct thread_struct {
 	unsigned long	ksp;		/* Kernel stack pointer */
@@ -160,8 +167,9 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	unsigned long	dbcr0;		/* debug control register values */
 	unsigned long	dbcr1;
 #endif
-	double		fpr[32];	/* Complete floating point set */
-	struct {			/* fpr ... fpscr must be contiguous */
+	/* FP and VSX 0-31 register set */
+	double		fpr[32][TS_FPRWIDTH];
+	struct {
 
 		unsigned int pad;
 		unsigned int val;	/* Floating point status */
@@ -181,6 +189,10 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	unsigned long	vrsave;
 	int		used_vr;	/* set if process has used altivec */
 #endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
+#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+	/* VSR status */
+	int		used_vsr;	/* set if process has used altivec */
+#endif /* CONFIG_VSX */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPE
 	unsigned long	evr[32];	/* upper 32-bits of SPE regs */
 	u64		acc;		/* Accumulator */