diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
index fc14a38c7ccf..91441d9cbaae 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	unsigned long	evr[32];	/* upper 32-bits of SPE regs */
 	u64		acc;		/* Accumulator */
 	unsigned long	spefscr;	/* SPE & eFP status */
+	unsigned long	spefscr_last;	/* SPEFSCR value on last prctl
+					   call or trap return */
 	int		used_spe;	/* set if process has used spe */
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPE */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
@@ -317,7 +319,9 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	(_ALIGN_UP(sizeof(init_thread_info), 16) + (unsigned long) &init_stack)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPE
-#define SPEFSCR_INIT .spefscr = SPEFSCR_FINVE | SPEFSCR_FDBZE | SPEFSCR_FUNFE | SPEFSCR_FOVFE,
+#define SPEFSCR_INIT \
+	.spefscr = SPEFSCR_FINVE | SPEFSCR_FDBZE | SPEFSCR_FUNFE | SPEFSCR_FOVFE, \
+	.spefscr_last = SPEFSCR_FINVE | SPEFSCR_FDBZE | SPEFSCR_FUNFE | SPEFSCR_FOVFE,
 #else
 #define SPEFSCR_INIT
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 3386d8ab7eb0..b08c0d03530f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1175,6 +1175,19 @@ int set_fpexc_mode(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int val)
 	if (val & PR_FP_EXC_SW_ENABLE) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPE
 		if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SPE)) {
+			/*
+			 * When the sticky exception bits are set
+			 * directly by userspace, it must call prctl
+			 * with PR_GET_FPEXC (with PR_FP_EXC_SW_ENABLE
+			 * in the existing prctl settings) or
+			 * PR_SET_FPEXC (with PR_FP_EXC_SW_ENABLE in
+			 * the bits being set).  <fenv.h> functions
+			 * saving and restoring the whole
+			 * floating-point environment need to do so
+			 * anyway to restore the prctl settings from
+			 * the saved environment.
+			 */
+			tsk->thread.spefscr_last = mfspr(SPRN_SPEFSCR);
 			tsk->thread.fpexc_mode = val &
 				(PR_FP_EXC_SW_ENABLE | PR_FP_ALL_EXCEPT);
 			return 0;
@@ -1206,9 +1219,22 @@ int get_fpexc_mode(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long adr)
 
 	if (tsk->thread.fpexc_mode & PR_FP_EXC_SW_ENABLE)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPE
-		if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SPE))
+		if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SPE)) {
+			/*
+			 * When the sticky exception bits are set
+			 * directly by userspace, it must call prctl
+			 * with PR_GET_FPEXC (with PR_FP_EXC_SW_ENABLE
+			 * in the existing prctl settings) or
+			 * PR_SET_FPEXC (with PR_FP_EXC_SW_ENABLE in
+			 * the bits being set).  <fenv.h> functions
+			 * saving and restoring the whole
+			 * floating-point environment need to do so
+			 * anyway to restore the prctl settings from
+			 * the saved environment.
+			 */
+			tsk->thread.spefscr_last = mfspr(SPRN_SPEFSCR);
 			val = tsk->thread.fpexc_mode;
-		else
+		} else
 			return -EINVAL;
 #else
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/math-emu/math_efp.c b/arch/powerpc/math-emu/math_efp.c
index a73f0884d358..59835c625dc6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/math-emu/math_efp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/math-emu/math_efp.c
@@ -630,9 +630,27 @@ int do_spe_mathemu(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	regs->ccr |= (IR << ((7 - ((speinsn >> 23) & 0x7)) << 2));
 
 update_regs:
-	__FPU_FPSCR &= ~FP_EX_MASK;
+	/*
+	 * If the "invalid" exception sticky bit was set by the
+	 * processor for non-finite input, but was not set before the
+	 * instruction being emulated, clear it.  Likewise for the
+	 * "underflow" bit, which may have been set by the processor
+	 * for exact underflow, not just inexact underflow when the
+	 * flag should be set for IEEE 754 semantics.  Other sticky
+	 * exceptions will only be set by the processor when they are
+	 * correct according to IEEE 754 semantics, and we must not
+	 * clear sticky bits that were already set before the emulated
+	 * instruction as they represent the user-visible sticky
+	 * exception status.  "inexact" traps to kernel are not
+	 * required for IEEE semantics and are not enabled by default,
+	 * so the "inexact" sticky bit may have been set by a previous
+	 * instruction without the kernel being aware of it.
+	 */
+	__FPU_FPSCR
+	  &= ~(FP_EX_INVALID | FP_EX_UNDERFLOW) | current->thread.spefscr_last;
 	__FPU_FPSCR |= (FP_CUR_EXCEPTIONS & FP_EX_MASK);
 	mtspr(SPRN_SPEFSCR, __FPU_FPSCR);
+	current->thread.spefscr_last = __FPU_FPSCR;
 
 	current->thread.evr[fc] = vc.wp[0];
 	regs->gpr[fc] = vc.wp[1];