diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index c9c330d35c17..dd4837c4a68a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -75,10 +75,15 @@ int ptrace_put_reg(struct task_struct *task, int regno, unsigned long data)
 	if (task->thread.regs == NULL)
 		return -EIO;
 
-	if (regno <= PT_MAX_PUT_REG) {
+	if (regno <= PT_MAX_PUT_REG || regno == PT_TRAP) {
 		if (regno == PT_MSR)
 			data = (data & MSR_DEBUGCHANGE)
 				| (task->thread.regs->msr & ~MSR_DEBUGCHANGE);
+		/* We prevent mucking around with the reserved area of trap
+		 * which are used internally by the kernel
+		 */
+		if (regno == PT_TRAP)
+			data &= 0xfff0;
 		((unsigned long *)task->thread.regs)[regno] = data;
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -409,8 +414,6 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request, long addr, long data)
 			break;
 
 		CHECK_FULL_REGS(child->thread.regs);
-		if (index == PT_ORIG_R3)
-			break;
 		if (index < PT_FPR0) {
 			ret = ptrace_put_reg(child, index, data);
 		} else {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace32.c
index 4511b422992f..aae6a988e183 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace32.c
@@ -206,7 +206,9 @@ long compat_sys_ptrace(int request, int pid, unsigned long addr,
 		else
 			part = 0;  /* want the 1st half of the register (left-most). */
 
-		/* Validate the input - check to see if address is on the wrong boundary or beyond the end of the user area */
+		/* Validate the input - check to see if address is on the wrong boundary
+		 * or beyond the end of the user area
+		 */
 		if ((addr & 3) || numReg > PT_FPSCR)
 			break;
 
@@ -270,8 +272,6 @@ long compat_sys_ptrace(int request, int pid, unsigned long addr,
 		if ((addr & 3) || (index > PT_FPSCR32))
 			break;
 
-		if (index == PT_ORIG_R3)
-			break;
 		if (index < PT_FPR0) {
 			ret = ptrace_put_reg(child, index, data);
 		} else {
@@ -302,24 +302,25 @@ long compat_sys_ptrace(int request, int pid, unsigned long addr,
 		/* Determine which register the user wants */
 		index = (u64)addr >> 2;
 		numReg = index / 2;
+
 		/*
 		 * Validate the input - check to see if address is on the
 		 * wrong boundary or beyond the end of the user area
 		 */
 		if ((addr & 3) || (numReg > PT_FPSCR))
 			break;
-		/* Insure it is a register we let them change */
-		if ((numReg == PT_ORIG_R3)
-				|| ((numReg > PT_CCR) && (numReg < PT_FPR0)))
-			break;
-		if (numReg >= PT_FPR0) {
+		if (numReg < PT_FPR0) {
+			unsigned long freg = ptrace_get_reg(child, numReg);
+			if (index % 2)
+				freg = (freg & ~0xfffffffful) | (data & 0xfffffffful);
+			else
+				freg = (freg & 0xfffffffful) | (data << 32);
+			ret = ptrace_put_reg(child, numReg, freg);
+		} else {
 			flush_fp_to_thread(child);
+			((unsigned int *)child->thread.regs)[index] = data;
+			ret = 0;
 		}
-		if (numReg == PT_MSR)
-			data = (data & MSR_DEBUGCHANGE)
-				| (child->thread.regs->msr & ~MSR_DEBUGCHANGE);
-		((u32*)child->thread.regs)[index] = data;
-		ret = 0;
 		break;
 	}