diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h
index c88e66adecb5..fef0b34a77c9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 1:
 	tophys_novmstack r11, r11
 #ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
-	mtcrf	0x7f, r1
+	mtcrf	0x3f, r1
 	bt	32 - THREAD_ALIGN_SHIFT, stack_overflow
 #endif
 .endm
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_book3s_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_book3s_32.S
index d66da35f2e8d..2729d8fa6e77 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_book3s_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_book3s_32.S
@@ -280,12 +280,6 @@ MachineCheck:
 7:	EXCEPTION_PROLOG_2
 	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_CHRP
-#ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
-	mfspr	r4, SPRN_SPRG_THREAD
-	tovirt(r4, r4)
-	lwz	r4, RTAS_SP(r4)
-	cmpwi	cr1, r4, 0
-#endif
 	beq	cr1, machine_check_tramp
 	twi	31, 0, 0
 #else