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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index f52ad5bb7109..bd2c49475473 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -283,6 +283,18 @@ int ptrace_get_reg(struct task_struct *task, int regno, unsigned long *data)
if (regno == PT_DSCR)
return get_user_dscr(task, data);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+ /*
+ * softe copies paca->soft_enabled variable state. Since soft_enabled is
+ * no more used as a flag, lets force usr to alway see the softe value as 1
+ * which means interrupts are not soft disabled.
+ */
+ if (regno == PT_SOFTE) {
+ *data = 1;
+ return 0;
+ }
+#endif
+
if (regno < (sizeof(struct pt_regs) / sizeof(unsigned long))) {
*data = ((unsigned long *)task->thread.regs)[regno];
return 0;