diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 076fe3094856..737d333d4df2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ config PPC
 	select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
-	select HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS
+	select HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS			if GCC_VERSION >= 50200   # plugin support on gcc <= 5.1 is buggy on PPC
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_GUP
 	select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT		if PERF_EVENTS && (PPC_BOOK3S || PPC_8xx)
 	select HAVE_IDE
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
index 708c8f6a5717..32bdf184eced 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
@@ -53,14 +53,6 @@ gcc-plugins-check: FORCE
 ifdef CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS
   ifeq ($(PLUGINCC),)
     ifneq ($(GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS),)
-      # Various gccs between 4.5 and 5.1 have bugs on powerpc due to missing
-      # header files. gcc <= 4.6 doesn't work at all, gccs from 4.8 to 5.1 have
-      # issues with 64-bit targets.
-      ifeq ($(ARCH),powerpc)
-        ifeq ($(call cc-ifversion, -le, 0501, y), y)
-	  @echo "Cannot use CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS: plugin support on gcc <= 5.1 is buggy on powerpc, please upgrade to gcc 5.2 or newer" >&2 && exit 1
-        endif
-      endif
       ifeq ($(call cc-ifversion, -ge, 0405, y), y)
 	$(Q)$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-plugin.sh --show-error "$(__PLUGINCC)" "$(HOSTCXX)" "$(CC)" || true
 	@echo "Cannot use CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS: your gcc installation does not support plugins, perhaps the necessary headers are missing?" >&2 && exit 1