diff --git a/target/ppc/misc_helper.c b/target/ppc/misc_helper.c
index ab432bafaf..fa573dd7d2 100644
--- a/target/ppc/misc_helper.c
+++ b/target/ppc/misc_helper.c
@@ -82,11 +82,9 @@ void helper_store_sdr1(CPUPPCState *env, target_ulong val)
 {
     PowerPCCPU *cpu = ppc_env_get_cpu(env);
 
-    if (!env->external_htab) {
-        if (env->spr[SPR_SDR1] != val) {
-            ppc_store_sdr1(env, val);
-            tlb_flush(CPU(cpu));
-        }
+    if (env->spr[SPR_SDR1] != val) {
+        ppc_store_sdr1(env, val);
+        tlb_flush(CPU(cpu));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/target/ppc/translate_init.c b/target/ppc/translate_init.c
index a1405e9e13..c92435d910 100644
--- a/target/ppc/translate_init.c
+++ b/target/ppc/translate_init.c
@@ -740,10 +740,22 @@ static void gen_spr_ne_601 (CPUPPCState *env)
                  &spr_read_decr, &spr_write_decr,
                  0x00000000);
     /* Memory management */
-    spr_register(env, SPR_SDR1, "SDR1",
-                 SPR_NOACCESS, SPR_NOACCESS,
-                 &spr_read_generic, &spr_write_sdr1,
-                 0x00000000);
+#ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
+    if (env->has_hv_mode) {
+        /* SDR1 is a hypervisor resource on CPUs which have a
+         * hypervisor mode */
+        spr_register_hv(env, SPR_SDR1, "SDR1",
+                        SPR_NOACCESS, SPR_NOACCESS,
+                        SPR_NOACCESS, SPR_NOACCESS,
+                        &spr_read_generic, &spr_write_sdr1,
+                        0x00000000);
+    } else {
+        spr_register(env, SPR_SDR1, "SDR1",
+                     SPR_NOACCESS, SPR_NOACCESS,
+                     &spr_read_generic, &spr_write_sdr1,
+                     0x00000000);
+    }
+#endif
 }
 
 /* BATs 0-3 */