diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 6620f37abe73..e13e96e665e0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -685,6 +685,23 @@ static void __init tm_init(void)
 static void tm_init(void) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+static void __init save_fscr_to_task(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Ensure the init_task (pid 0, aka swapper) uses the value of FSCR we
+	 * have configured via the device tree features or via __init_FSCR().
+	 * That value will then be propagated to pid 1 (init) and all future
+	 * processes.
+	 */
+	if (early_cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S))
+		init_task.thread.fscr = mfspr(SPRN_FSCR);
+}
+#else
+static inline void save_fscr_to_task(void) {};
+#endif
+
+
 void __init early_init_devtree(void *params)
 {
 	phys_addr_t limit;
@@ -773,6 +790,8 @@ void __init early_init_devtree(void *params)
 		BUG();
 	}
 
+	save_fscr_to_task();
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
 	/* We'll later wait for secondaries to check in; there are
 	 * NCPUS-1 non-boot CPUs  :-)