diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index d52ded366f14..1924b57bd241 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ void flush_altivec_to_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	}
 }
 
-int dump_task_altivec(struct task_struct *tsk, elf_vrreg_t *vrregs)
+int dump_task_altivec(struct task_struct *tsk, elf_vrregset_t *vrregs)
 {
 	/* ELF_NVRREG includes the VSCR and VRSAVE which we need to save
 	 * separately, see below */
@@ -249,23 +249,6 @@ int dump_task_vsx(struct task_struct *tsk, elf_vrreg_t *vrregs)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_VSX */
 
-int dump_task_vector(struct task_struct *tsk, elf_vrregset_t *vrregs)
-{
-	int rc = 0;
-	elf_vrreg_t *regs = (elf_vrreg_t *)vrregs;
-#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
-	rc = dump_task_altivec(tsk, regs);
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
-	regs += ELF_NVRREG;
-#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
-	rc = dump_task_vsx(tsk, regs);
-#endif
-	return rc;
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPE
 
 void enable_kernel_spe(void)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index 4e203a89e189..8feb93e7890c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -368,13 +368,15 @@ static int vsr_get(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 		   unsigned int pos, unsigned int count,
 		   void *kbuf, void __user *ubuf)
 {
-	int ret;
+	double buf[32];
+	int ret, i;
 
 	flush_vsx_to_thread(target);
 
+	for (i = 0; i < 32 ; i++)
+		buf[i] = current->thread.fpr[i][TS_VSRLOWOFFSET];
 	ret = user_regset_copyout(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
-				  target->thread.fpr, 0,
-				  32 * sizeof(vector128));
+				  buf, 0, 32 * sizeof(double));
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -383,13 +385,16 @@ static int vsr_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 		   unsigned int pos, unsigned int count,
 		   const void *kbuf, const void __user *ubuf)
 {
-	int ret;
+	double buf[32];
+	int ret,i;
 
 	flush_vsx_to_thread(target);
 
 	ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
-				 target->thread.fpr, 0,
-				 32 * sizeof(vector128));
+				 buf, 0, 32 * sizeof(double));
+	for (i = 0; i < 32 ; i++)
+		current->thread.fpr[i][TS_VSRLOWOFFSET] = buf[i];
+
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -499,8 +504,8 @@ static const struct user_regset native_regsets[] = {
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_VSX
 	[REGSET_VSX] = {
-		.n = 32,
-		.size = sizeof(vector128), .align = sizeof(vector128),
+		.core_note_type = NT_PPC_VSX, .n = 32,
+		.size = sizeof(double), .align = sizeof(double),
 		.active = vsr_active, .get = vsr_get, .set = vsr_set
 	},
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/elf.h b/include/asm-powerpc/elf.h
index b6a874db801d..38a51728406f 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/elf.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/elf.h
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ extern int dump_task_fpu(struct task_struct *, elf_fpregset_t *);
 typedef elf_vrregset_t elf_fpxregset_t;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
-extern int dump_task_vector(struct task_struct *, elf_vrregset_t *vrregs);
-#define ELF_CORE_COPY_XFPREGS(tsk, regs) dump_task_vector(tsk, regs)
+extern int dump_task_altivec(struct task_struct *, elf_vrregset_t *vrregs);
+#define ELF_CORE_COPY_XFPREGS(tsk, regs) dump_task_altivec(tsk, regs)
 #define ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE NT_PPC_VMX
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/linux/elf.h b/include/linux/elf.h
index ff9fbed90123..edc3dac3f02f 100644
--- a/include/linux/elf.h
+++ b/include/linux/elf.h
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ typedef struct elf64_shdr {
 #define NT_PRXFPREG     0x46e62b7f      /* copied from gdb5.1/include/elf/common.h */
 #define NT_PPC_VMX	0x100		/* PowerPC Altivec/VMX registers */
 #define NT_PPC_SPE	0x101		/* PowerPC SPE/EVR registers */
+#define NT_PPC_VSX	0x102		/* PowerPC VSX registers */
 #define NT_386_TLS	0x200		/* i386 TLS slots (struct user_desc) */