diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
index d72c3200f696..3c3856be6bf9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-TEST_PROGS := dscr_default_test dscr_explicit_test
+TEST_PROGS := dscr_default_test dscr_explicit_test dscr_user_test
 
 dscr_default_test: LDLIBS += -lpthread
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_user_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_user_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..77d16b5e7dca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_user_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * POWER Data Stream Control Register (DSCR) SPR test
+ *
+ * This test modifies the DSCR value through both the SPR number
+ * based mtspr instruction and then makes sure that the same is
+ * reflected through mfspr instruction using either of the SPR
+ * numbers.
+ *
+ * When using the privilege state SPR, the instructions such as
+ * mfspr or mtspr are priviledged and the kernel emulates them
+ * for us. Instructions using problem state SPR can be exuecuted
+ * directly without any emulation if the HW supports them. Else
+ * they also get emulated by the kernel.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2013, Anton Blanchard, IBM Corporation.
+ * Copyright 2015, Anshuman Khandual, IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+#include "dscr.h"
+
+static int check_dscr(char *str)
+{
+	unsigned long cur_dscr, cur_dscr_usr;
+
+	cur_dscr = get_dscr();
+	cur_dscr_usr = get_dscr_usr();
+	if (cur_dscr != cur_dscr_usr) {
+		printf("%s set, kernel get %lx != user get %lx\n",
+					str, cur_dscr, cur_dscr_usr);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int dscr_user(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	check_dscr("");
+
+	for (i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
+		set_dscr(i);
+		if (check_dscr("kernel"))
+			return 1;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
+		set_dscr_usr(i);
+		if (check_dscr("user"))
+			return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	return test_harness(dscr_user, "dscr_user_test");
+}