diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 1888636c9eb6..3d008115fe18 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ config PPC
 	select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
 	select HAVE_CBPF_JIT			if !PPC64
-	select HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR		if $(cc-option,-mstack-protector-guard=tls)
+	select HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR		if PPC64 && $(cc-option,-mstack-protector-guard=tls -mstack-protector-guard-reg=r13)
+	select HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR		if PPC32 && $(cc-option,-mstack-protector-guard=tls -mstack-protector-guard-reg=r2)
 	select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING		if PPC64
 	select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
 	select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW