diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c
index 21bbd615ca410..9bb5f02f91585 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <asm/switch_to.h>
 #include <asm/syscall.h>
 #include <asm/time.h>
+#include <asm/tm.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_PPC_ADV_DEBUG_REGS) && defined(CONFIG_PPC32)
@@ -138,6 +139,35 @@ notrace long system_call_exception(long r3, long r4, long r5,
 	 */
 	irq_soft_mask_regs_set_state(regs, IRQS_ENABLED);
 
+	/*
+	 * If the system call was made with a transaction active, doom it and
+	 * return without performing the system call. Unless it was an
+	 * unsupported scv vector, in which case it's treated like an illegal
+	 * instruction.
+	 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
+	if (unlikely(MSR_TM_TRANSACTIONAL(regs->msr)) &&
+	    !trap_is_unsupported_scv(regs)) {
+		/* Enable TM in the kernel, and disable EE (for scv) */
+		hard_irq_disable();
+		mtmsr(mfmsr() | MSR_TM);
+
+		/* tabort, this dooms the transaction, nothing else */
+		asm volatile(".long 0x7c00071d | ((%0) << 16)"
+				:: "r"(TM_CAUSE_SYSCALL|TM_CAUSE_PERSISTENT));
+
+		/*
+		 * Userspace will never see the return value. Execution will
+		 * resume after the tbegin. of the aborted transaction with the
+		 * checkpointed register state. A context switch could occur
+		 * or signal delivered to the process before resuming the
+		 * doomed transaction context, but that should all be handled
+		 * as expected.
+		 */
+		return -ENOSYS;
+	}
+#endif // CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
+
 	local_irq_enable();
 
 	if (unlikely(current_thread_info()->flags & _TIF_SYSCALL_DOTRACE)) {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt_64.S
index d4212d2ff0b54..ec950b08a8dcc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt_64.S
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <asm/mmu.h>
 #include <asm/ppc_asm.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
-#include <asm/tm.h>
 
 	.section	".toc","aw"
 SYS_CALL_TABLE:
@@ -55,12 +54,6 @@ COMPAT_SYS_CALL_TABLE:
 	.globl system_call_vectored_\name
 system_call_vectored_\name:
 _ASM_NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(system_call_vectored_\name)
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
-BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
-	extrdi.	r10, r12, 1, (63-MSR_TS_T_LG) /* transaction active? */
-	bne	tabort_syscall
-END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_TM)
-#endif
 	SCV_INTERRUPT_TO_KERNEL
 	mr	r10,r1
 	ld	r1,PACAKSAVE(r13)
@@ -247,12 +240,6 @@ _ASM_NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(system_call_common_real)
 	.globl system_call_common
 system_call_common:
 _ASM_NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(system_call_common)
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
-BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
-	extrdi.	r10, r12, 1, (63-MSR_TS_T_LG) /* transaction active? */
-	bne	tabort_syscall
-END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_TM)
-#endif
 	mr	r10,r1
 	ld	r1,PACAKSAVE(r13)
 	std	r10,0(r1)
@@ -425,34 +412,6 @@ SOFT_MASK_TABLE(.Lsyscall_rst_start, 1b)
 RESTART_TABLE(.Lsyscall_rst_start, .Lsyscall_rst_end, syscall_restart)
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
-tabort_syscall:
-_ASM_NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(tabort_syscall)
-	/* Firstly we need to enable TM in the kernel */
-	mfmsr	r10
-	li	r9, 1
-	rldimi	r10, r9, MSR_TM_LG, 63-MSR_TM_LG
-	mtmsrd	r10, 0
-
-	/* tabort, this dooms the transaction, nothing else */
-	li	r9, (TM_CAUSE_SYSCALL|TM_CAUSE_PERSISTENT)
-	TABORT(R9)
-
-	/*
-	 * Return directly to userspace. We have corrupted user register state,
-	 * but userspace will never see that register state. Execution will
-	 * resume after the tbegin of the aborted transaction with the
-	 * checkpointed register state.
-	 */
-	li	r9, MSR_RI
-	andc	r10, r10, r9
-	mtmsrd	r10, 1
-	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0, r11
-	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1, r12
-	RFI_TO_USER
-	b	.	/* prevent speculative execution */
-#endif
-
 	/*
 	 * If MSR EE/RI was never enabled, IRQs not reconciled, NVGPRs not
 	 * touched, no exit work created, then this can be used.