diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
index 882e31296ea6..aad85a24134a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	unsigned long   sier3;
 	unsigned long	hashkeyr;
 	unsigned long	dexcr;
-
+	unsigned long	dexcr_onexec;	/* Reset value to load on exec */
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
index d3282fbea4f2..1d183b077948 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT)	+= hw_breakpoint.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_DAWR)		+= dawr.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64)	+= cpu_setup_ppc970.o cpu_setup_pa6t.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64)	+= cpu_setup_power.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64)	+= dexcr.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64)	+= mce.o mce_power.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E_64)	+= exceptions-64e.o idle_64e.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_BARRIER_NOSPEC) += security.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/dexcr.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/dexcr.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5cd77421088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/dexcr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+#include <linux/capability.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/prctl.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+
+#include <asm/cpu_has_feature.h>
+#include <asm/cputable.h>
+#include <asm/processor.h>
+#include <asm/reg.h>
+
+static int __init init_task_dexcr(void)
+{
+	if (!early_cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_31))
+		return 0;
+
+	current->thread.dexcr_onexec = mfspr(SPRN_DEXCR);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+early_initcall(init_task_dexcr)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index d482c3fd81d7..8ab779a3bdde 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1641,6 +1641,13 @@ void arch_setup_new_exec(void)
 	current->thread.regs->amr  = default_amr;
 	current->thread.regs->iamr  = default_iamr;
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_31)) {
+		current->thread.dexcr = current->thread.dexcr_onexec;
+		mtspr(SPRN_DEXCR, current->thread.dexcr);
+	}
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64 */
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64