diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/ppc_asm.h b/arch/powerpc/boot/ppc_asm.h
index 1c2c2817f9b7..eb0e98be69e0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/ppc_asm.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/ppc_asm.h
@@ -59,4 +59,7 @@
 #define	r30	30
 #define	r31	31
 
+#define SPRN_TBRL	268
+#define SPRN_TBRU	269
+
 #endif /* _PPC64_PPC_ASM_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/util.S b/arch/powerpc/boot/util.S
index 427ddfc11991..5143228e3e5f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/util.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/util.S
@@ -71,18 +71,18 @@ udelay:
 	add	r4,r4,r5
 	addi	r4,r4,-1
 	divw	r4,r4,r5	/* BUS ticks */
-1:	mftbu	r5
-	mftb	r6
-	mftbu	r7
+1:	mfspr	r5, SPRN_TBRU
+	mfspr	r6, SPRN_TBRL
+	mfspr	r7, SPRN_TBRU
 	cmpw	0,r5,r7
 	bne	1b		/* Get [synced] base time */
 	addc	r9,r6,r4	/* Compute end time */
 	addze	r8,r5
-2:	mftbu	r5
+2:	mfspr	r5, SPRN_TBRU
 	cmpw	0,r5,r8
 	blt	2b
 	bgt	3f
-	mftb	r6
+	mfspr	r6, SPRN_TBRL
 	cmpw	0,r6,r9
 	blt	2b
 3:	blr
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
index 8fdd3da134e0..599545738af3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
@@ -433,13 +433,13 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_601)
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_PPC_CELL) || defined(CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E)
 #define MFTB(dest)			\
-90:	mftb  dest;			\
+90:	mfspr dest, SPRN_TBRL;		\
 BEGIN_FTR_SECTION_NESTED(96);		\
 	cmpwi dest,0;			\
 	beq-  90b;			\
 END_FTR_SECTION_NESTED(CPU_FTR_CELL_TB_BUG, CPU_FTR_CELL_TB_BUG, 96)
 #else
-#define MFTB(dest)			mftb dest
+#define MFTB(dest)			mfspr dest, SPRN_TBRL
 #endif
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SMP
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
index 55b03079d197..64264bf601f5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@
 #if defined(CONFIG_PPC_CELL) || defined(CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E)
 #define mftb()		({unsigned long rval;				\
 			asm volatile(					\
-				"90:	mftb %0;\n"			\
+				"90:	mfspr %0, %2;\n"		\
 				"97:	cmpwi %0,0;\n"			\
 				"	beq- 90b;\n"			\
 				"99:\n"					\
@@ -1134,18 +1134,23 @@
 				"	.llong 0\n"			\
 				"	.llong 0\n"			\
 				".previous"				\
-			: "=r" (rval) : "i" (CPU_FTR_CELL_TB_BUG)); rval;})
+			: "=r" (rval) \
+			: "i" (CPU_FTR_CELL_TB_BUG), "i" (SPRN_TBRL)); \
+			rval;})
 #else
 #define mftb()		({unsigned long rval;	\
-			asm volatile("mftb %0" : "=r" (rval)); rval;})
+			asm volatile("mfspr %0, %1" : \
+				     "=r" (rval) : "i" (SPRN_TBRL)); rval;})
 #endif /* !CONFIG_PPC_CELL */
 
 #else /* __powerpc64__ */
 
 #define mftbl()		({unsigned long rval;	\
-			asm volatile("mftbl %0" : "=r" (rval)); rval;})
+			asm volatile("mfspr %0, %1" : "=r" (rval) : \
+				"i" (SPRN_TBRL)); rval;})
 #define mftbu()		({unsigned long rval;	\
-			asm volatile("mftbu %0" : "=r" (rval)); rval;})
+			asm volatile("mfspr %0, %1" : "=r" (rval) : \
+				"i" (SPRN_TBRU)); rval;})
 #endif /* !__powerpc64__ */
 
 #define mttbl(v)	asm volatile("mttbl %0":: "r"(v))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/timex.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/timex.h
index c55e14f7ef44..18908caa1f3b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/timex.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/timex.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static inline cycles_t get_cycles(void)
 	ret = 0;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__(
-		"97:	mftb %0\n"
+		"97:	mfspr %0, %2\n"
 		"99:\n"
 		".section __ftr_fixup,\"a\"\n"
 		".align 2\n"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static inline cycles_t get_cycles(void)
 		"	.long 0\n"
 		"	.long 0\n"
 		".previous"
-		: "=r" (ret) : "i" (CPU_FTR_601));
+		: "=r" (ret) : "i" (CPU_FTR_601), "i" (SPRN_TBRL));
 	return ret;
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/gettimeofday.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/gettimeofday.S
index 27e2f623210b..6b1f2a6d5517 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/gettimeofday.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/gettimeofday.S
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ __do_get_tspec:
 	lwz	r6,(CFG_TB_ORIG_STAMP+4)(r9)
 
 	/* Get a stable TB value */
-2:	mftbu	r3
-	mftbl	r4
-	mftbu	r0
+2:	mfspr	r3, SPRN_TBRU
+	mfspr	r4, SPRN_TBRL
+	mfspr	r0, SPRN_TBRU
 	cmplw	cr0,r3,r0
 	bne-	2b
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c
index ea7e62910891..281b7f01df63 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c
@@ -83,11 +83,13 @@ static void mpc85xx_give_timebase(void)
 	{
 		u64 prev;
 
-		asm volatile("mftb %0" : "=r" (timebase));
+		asm volatile("mfspr %0, %1" : "=r" (timebase) :
+			     "i" (SPRN_TBRL));
 
 		do {
 			prev = timebase;
-			asm volatile("mftb %0" : "=r" (timebase));
+			asm volatile("mfspr %0, %1" : "=r" (timebase) :
+				     "i" (SPRN_TBRL));
 		} while (prev != timebase);
 	}
 #else