diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index ec74e203ee04..13c9dcdcba69 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ static inline int check_io_access(struct pt_regs *regs)
 int machine_check_e500mc(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	unsigned long mcsr = mfspr(SPRN_MCSR);
+	unsigned long pvr = mfspr(SPRN_PVR);
 	unsigned long reason = mcsr;
 	int recoverable = 1;
 
@@ -478,8 +479,15 @@ int machine_check_e500mc(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		 * may still get logged and cause a machine check.  We should
 		 * only treat the non-write shadow case as non-recoverable.
 		 */
-		if (!(mfspr(SPRN_L1CSR2) & L1CSR2_DCWS))
-			recoverable = 0;
+		/* On e6500 core, L1 DCWS (Data cache write shadow mode) bit
+		 * is not implemented but L1 data cache always runs in write
+		 * shadow mode. Hence on data cache parity errors HW will
+		 * automatically invalidate the L1 Data Cache.
+		 */
+		if (PVR_VER(pvr) != PVR_VER_E6500) {
+			if (!(mfspr(SPRN_L1CSR2) & L1CSR2_DCWS))
+				recoverable = 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (reason & MCSR_L2MMU_MHIT) {