diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index f670e4b9e7f3..c6f9eebb79f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -1841,6 +1841,7 @@ registers, find a list below:
   PPC	| KVM_REG_PPC_DBSR              | 32
   PPC   | KVM_REG_PPC_TIDR              | 64
   PPC   | KVM_REG_PPC_PSSCR             | 64
+  PPC   | KVM_REG_PPC_DEC_EXPIRY        | 64
   PPC   | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_GPR0           | 64
           ...
   PPC   | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_GPR31          | 64
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
index 61d6049f4c1e..8aaec831053a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
@@ -607,6 +607,8 @@ struct kvm_ppc_rmmu_info {
 #define KVM_REG_PPC_TIDR	(KVM_REG_PPC | KVM_REG_SIZE_U64 | 0xbc)
 #define KVM_REG_PPC_PSSCR	(KVM_REG_PPC | KVM_REG_SIZE_U64 | 0xbd)
 
+#define KVM_REG_PPC_DEC_EXPIRY	(KVM_REG_PPC | KVM_REG_SIZE_U64 | 0xbe)
+
 /* Transactional Memory checkpointed state:
  * This is all GPRs, all VSX regs and a subset of SPRs
  */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index c4f0bebfc5ba..b2d448c75008 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -1497,6 +1497,10 @@ static int kvmppc_get_one_reg_hv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 id,
 	case KVM_REG_PPC_ARCH_COMPAT:
 		*val = get_reg_val(id, vcpu->arch.vcore->arch_compat);
 		break;
+	case KVM_REG_PPC_DEC_EXPIRY:
+		*val = get_reg_val(id, vcpu->arch.dec_expires +
+				   vcpu->arch.vcore->tb_offset);
+		break;
 	default:
 		r = -EINVAL;
 		break;
@@ -1724,6 +1728,10 @@ static int kvmppc_set_one_reg_hv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 id,
 	case KVM_REG_PPC_ARCH_COMPAT:
 		r = kvmppc_set_arch_compat(vcpu, set_reg_val(id, *val));
 		break;
+	case KVM_REG_PPC_DEC_EXPIRY:
+		vcpu->arch.dec_expires = set_reg_val(id, *val) -
+			vcpu->arch.vcore->tb_offset;
+		break;
 	default:
 		r = -EINVAL;
 		break;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index c2c7ef330553..7c9e45f54186 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	hrtimer_init(&vcpu->arch.dec_timer, CLOCK_REALTIME, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 	vcpu->arch.dec_timer.function = kvmppc_decrementer_wakeup;
-	vcpu->arch.dec_expires = ~(u64)0;
+	vcpu->arch.dec_expires = get_tb();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_EXIT_TIMING
 	mutex_init(&vcpu->arch.exit_timing_lock);