diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
index 47a35b08b963..e378cccfca55 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	unsigned long	tm_orig_msr;	/* Thread's MSR on ctx switch */
 	struct pt_regs	ckpt_regs;	/* Checkpointed registers */
 
+	unsigned long	tm_tar;
+	unsigned long	tm_ppr;
+	unsigned long	tm_dscr;
+
 	/*
 	 * Transactional FP and VSX 0-31 register set.
 	 * NOTE: the sense of these is the opposite of the integer ckpt_regs!
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index c7e8afc2ead0..8207459efe56 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ int main(void)
 	DEFINE(THREAD_TM_TFHAR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, tm_tfhar));
 	DEFINE(THREAD_TM_TEXASR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, tm_texasr));
 	DEFINE(THREAD_TM_TFIAR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, tm_tfiar));
+	DEFINE(THREAD_TM_TAR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, tm_tar));
+	DEFINE(THREAD_TM_PPR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, tm_ppr));
+	DEFINE(THREAD_TM_DSCR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, tm_dscr));
 	DEFINE(PT_CKPT_REGS, offsetof(struct thread_struct, ckpt_regs));
 	DEFINE(THREAD_TRANSACT_VR0, offsetof(struct thread_struct,
 					 transact_vr[0]));
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/tm.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/tm.S
index 51be8fb24803..0554d1f6d70d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/tm.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/tm.S
@@ -233,6 +233,16 @@ dont_backup_fp:
 	std	r5, _CCR(r7)
 	std	r6, _XER(r7)
 
+
+	/* ******************** TAR, PPR, DSCR ********** */
+	mfspr	r3, SPRN_TAR
+	mfspr	r4, SPRN_PPR
+	mfspr	r5, SPRN_DSCR
+
+	std	r3, THREAD_TM_TAR(r12)
+	std	r4, THREAD_TM_PPR(r12)
+	std	r5, THREAD_TM_DSCR(r12)
+
 	/* MSR and flags:  We don't change CRs, and we don't need to alter
 	 * MSR.
 	 */
@@ -347,6 +357,16 @@ dont_restore_fp:
 	mtmsr	r6				/* FP/Vec off again! */
 
 restore_gprs:
+
+	/* ******************** TAR, PPR, DSCR ********** */
+	ld	r4, THREAD_TM_TAR(r3)
+	ld	r5, THREAD_TM_PPR(r3)
+	ld	r6, THREAD_TM_DSCR(r3)
+
+	mtspr	SPRN_TAR,	r4
+	mtspr	SPRN_PPR,	r5
+	mtspr	SPRN_DSCR,	r6
+
 	/* ******************** CR,LR,CCR,MSR ********** */
 	ld	r3, _CTR(r7)
 	ld	r4, _LINK(r7)