diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h b/include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h
index 02e52d6..a9a4014 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/cputable.h
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@
 #define CPU_FTR_CI_LARGE_PAGE		LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0000100000000000)
 #define CPU_FTR_PAUSE_ZERO		LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0000200000000000)
 #define CPU_FTR_PURR			LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0000400000000000)
+#define CPU_FTR_CELL_TB_BUG		LONG_ASM_CONST(0x0000800000000000)
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@
 #define CPU_FTRS_CELL	(CPU_FTR_SPLIT_ID_CACHE | CPU_FTR_USE_TB | \
 	    CPU_FTR_HPTE_TABLE | CPU_FTR_PPCAS_ARCH_V2 | CPU_FTR_CTRL | \
 	    CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC_COMP | CPU_FTR_MMCRA | CPU_FTR_SMT | \
-	    CPU_FTR_PAUSE_ZERO | CPU_FTR_CI_LARGE_PAGE)
+	    CPU_FTR_PAUSE_ZERO | CPU_FTR_CI_LARGE_PAGE | CPU_FTR_CELL_TB_BUG)
 #define CPU_FTRS_PA6T (CPU_FTR_SPLIT_ID_CACHE | CPU_FTR_USE_TB | \
 	    CPU_FTR_HPTE_TABLE | CPU_FTR_PPCAS_ARCH_V2 | \
 	    CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC_COMP | CPU_FTR_CI_LARGE_PAGE | \
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/ppc_asm.h b/include/asm-powerpc/ppc_asm.h
index a940cfe..fa083d8 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/ppc_asm.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/ppc_asm.h
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 	mfspr	ra,SPRN_PURR;		/* get processor util. reg */	\
 END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_PURR);					\
 BEGIN_FTR_SECTION;							\
-	mftb	ra;			/* or get TB if no PURR */	\
+	MFTB(ra);			/* or get TB if no PURR */	\
 END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_PURR);					\
-	ld	rb,PACA_STARTPURR(r13);				\
+	ld	rb,PACA_STARTPURR(r13);					\
 	std	ra,PACA_STARTPURR(r13);					\
 	subf	rb,rb,ra;		/* subtract start value */	\
 	ld	ra,PACA_USER_TIME(r13);					\
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
 	mfspr	ra,SPRN_PURR;		/* get processor util. reg */	\
 END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_PURR);					\
 BEGIN_FTR_SECTION;							\
-	mftb	ra;			/* or get TB if no PURR */	\
+	MFTB(ra);			/* or get TB if no PURR */	\
 END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_PURR);					\
-	ld	rb,PACA_STARTPURR(r13);				\
+	ld	rb,PACA_STARTPURR(r13);					\
 	std	ra,PACA_STARTPURR(r13);					\
 	subf	rb,rb,ra;		/* subtract start value */	\
 	ld	ra,PACA_SYSTEM_TIME(r13);				\
@@ -274,6 +274,16 @@
 #define ISYNC_601
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_CELL
+#define MFTB(dest)			\
+90:	mftb  dest;			\
+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
+#endif
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SMP
 #define TLBSYNC
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/reg.h b/include/asm-powerpc/reg.h
index fde5c80..6faae7b 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/reg.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/reg.h
@@ -619,10 +619,35 @@
 				: "=r" (rval)); rval;})
 #define mtspr(rn, v)	asm volatile("mtspr " __stringify(rn) ",%0" : : "r" (v))
 
+#ifdef __powerpc64__
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_CELL
+#define mftb()		({unsigned long rval;				\
+			asm volatile(					\
+				"90:	mftb %0;\n"			\
+				"97:	cmpwi %0,0;\n"			\
+				"	beq- 90b;\n"			\
+				"99:\n"					\
+				".section __ftr_fixup,\"a\"\n"		\
+				".align 3\n"				\
+				"98:\n"					\
+				"	.llong %1\n"			\
+				"	.llong %1\n"			\
+				"	.llong 97b-98b\n"		\
+				"	.llong 99b-98b\n"		\
+				".previous"				\
+			: "=r" (rval) : "i" (CPU_FTR_CELL_TB_BUG)); rval;})
+#else
 #define mftb()		({unsigned long rval;	\
 			asm volatile("mftb %0" : "=r" (rval)); rval;})
+#endif /* !CONFIG_PPC_CELL */
+
+#else /* __powerpc64__ */
+
 #define mftbl()		({unsigned long rval;	\
 			asm volatile("mftbl %0" : "=r" (rval)); rval;})
+#define mftbu()		({unsigned long rval;	\
+			asm volatile("mftbu %0" : "=r" (rval)); rval;})
+#endif /* !__powerpc64__ */
 
 #define mttbl(v)	asm volatile("mttbl %0":: "r"(v))
 #define mttbu(v)	asm volatile("mttbu %0":: "r"(v))
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/time.h b/include/asm-powerpc/time.h
index b051d4c..a782850 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/time.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/time.h
@@ -82,30 +82,35 @@
 #define __USE_RTC()	0
 #endif
 
-/* On ppc64 this gets us the whole timebase; on ppc32 just the lower half */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+
+/* For compatibility, get_tbl() is defined as get_tb() on ppc64 */
+#define get_tbl		get_tb
+
+#else
+
 static inline unsigned long get_tbl(void)
 {
-	unsigned long tbl;
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_403GCX)
+	unsigned long tbl;
 	asm volatile("mfspr %0, 0x3dd" : "=r" (tbl));
-#else
-	asm volatile("mftb %0" : "=r" (tbl));
-#endif
 	return tbl;
+#else
+	return mftbl();
+#endif
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int get_tbu(void)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_403GCX
 	unsigned int tbu;
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_403GCX)
 	asm volatile("mfspr %0, 0x3dc" : "=r" (tbu));
-#else
-	asm volatile("mftbu %0" : "=r" (tbu));
-#endif
 	return tbu;
+#else
+	return mftbu();
+#endif
 }
+#endif /* !CONFIG_PPC64 */
 
 static inline unsigned int get_rtcl(void)
 {
@@ -131,7 +136,7 @@
 {
 	return mftb();
 }
-#else
+#else /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
 static inline u64 get_tb(void)
 {
 	unsigned int tbhi, tblo, tbhi2;
@@ -144,7 +149,7 @@
 
 	return ((u64)tbhi << 32) | tblo;
 }
-#endif
+#endif /* !CONFIG_PPC64 */
 
 static inline void set_tb(unsigned int upper, unsigned int lower)
 {
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/timex.h b/include/asm-powerpc/timex.h
index e3f08cf..92dedde 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/timex.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/timex.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <asm/cputable.h>
+#include <asm/reg.h>
 
 #define CLOCK_TICK_RATE	1024000 /* Underlying HZ */
 
@@ -15,13 +16,11 @@
 
 static inline cycles_t get_cycles(void)
 {
+#ifdef __powerpc64__
+	return mftb();
+#else
 	cycles_t ret;
 
-#ifdef __powerpc64__
-
-	__asm__ __volatile__("mftb %0" : "=r" (ret) : );
-
-#else
 	/*
 	 * For the "cycle" counter we use the timebase lower half.
 	 * Currently only used on SMP.
@@ -41,9 +40,8 @@
 		"	.long 99b-98b\n"
 		".previous"
 		: "=r" (ret) : "i" (CPU_FTR_601));
-#endif
-
 	return ret;
+#endif
 }
 
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */