diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
index f50b708d6d77..98600b276f76 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -1198,6 +1198,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(rt_sigreturn)
 			goto bad;
 
 		if (MSR_TM_ACTIVE(msr_hi<<32)) {
+			/* Trying to start TM on non TM system */
+			if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_TM))
+				goto bad;
 			/* We only recheckpoint on return if we're
 			 * transaction.
 			 */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
index 2f80e270c7b0..117515564ec7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -771,6 +771,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(rt_sigreturn)
 	if (MSR_TM_ACTIVE(msr)) {
 		/* We recheckpoint on return. */
 		struct ucontext __user *uc_transact;
+
+		/* Trying to start TM on non TM system */
+		if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_TM))
+			goto badframe;
+
 		if (__get_user(uc_transact, &uc->uc_link))
 			goto badframe;
 		if (restore_tm_sigcontexts(current, &uc->uc_mcontext,