diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
index a95aa425e7d4..835163f54244 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
@@ -898,6 +898,9 @@ static int papr_scm_nvdimm_init(struct papr_scm_priv *p)
 	p->bus_desc.of_node = p->pdev->dev.of_node;
 	p->bus_desc.provider_name = kstrdup(p->pdev->name, GFP_KERNEL);
 
+	/* Set the dimm command family mask to accept PDSMs */
+	set_bit(NVDIMM_FAMILY_PAPR, &p->bus_desc.dimm_family_mask);
+
 	if (!p->bus_desc.provider_name)
 		return -ENOMEM;