diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
index 178a85844462eabcb37247bb372a74f545c237a1..93be5fb203943368a2d3b892ade0457633e17242 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
@@ -267,9 +267,11 @@
 #define SPRN_HSRR1	0x13B	/* Hypervisor Save/Restore 1 */
 #define SPRN_FSCR	0x099	/* Facility Status & Control Register */
 #define   FSCR_TAR	(1 << (63-55)) /* Enable Target Address Register */
+#define   FSCR_EBB	(1 << (63-56)) /* Enable Event Based Branching */
 #define   FSCR_DSCR	(1 << (63-61)) /* Enable Data Stream Control Register */
 #define SPRN_HFSCR	0xbe	/* HV=1 Facility Status & Control Register */
 #define   HFSCR_TAR	(1 << (63-55)) /* Enable Target Address Register */
+#define   HFSCR_EBB	(1 << (63-56)) /* Enable Event Based Branching */
 #define   HFSCR_TM	(1 << (63-58)) /* Enable Transactional Memory */
 #define   HFSCR_PM	(1 << (63-60)) /* Enable prob/priv access to PMU SPRs */
 #define   HFSCR_BHRB	(1 << (63-59)) /* Enable Branch History Rolling Buffer*/
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_power.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_power.S
index 7b4db965b5923eb7b504a1b15e44b298e556f328..a283b6442b266544235e11bc061d33d58f321b05 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_power.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_power.S
@@ -123,14 +123,14 @@ __init_LPCR:
 
 __init_FSCR:
 	mfspr	r3,SPRN_FSCR
-	ori	r3,r3,FSCR_TAR|FSCR_DSCR
+	ori	r3,r3,FSCR_TAR|FSCR_DSCR|FSCR_EBB
 	mtspr	SPRN_FSCR,r3
 	blr
 
 __init_HFSCR:
 	mfspr	r3,SPRN_HFSCR
 	ori	r3,r3,HFSCR_TAR|HFSCR_TM|HFSCR_BHRB|HFSCR_PM|\
-				HFSCR_DSCR|HFSCR_VECVSX|HFSCR_FP
+		      HFSCR_DSCR|HFSCR_VECVSX|HFSCR_FP|HFSCR_EBB
 	mtspr	SPRN_HFSCR,r3
 	blr