diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index 3aaff3365134..81efb605113e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ int kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (user_mode(regs))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (!(regs->msr & MSR_IR) || !(regs->msr & MSR_DR))
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * We don't want to be preempted for the entire
 	 * duration of kprobe processing