diff --git a/target/ppc/translate.c b/target/ppc/translate.c
index 16f422fb9c..d4d9941f08 100644
--- a/target/ppc/translate.c
+++ b/target/ppc/translate.c
@@ -1483,7 +1483,10 @@ static inline void gen_op_arith_neg(DisasContext *ctx, bool compute_ov)
 
 static void gen_neg(DisasContext *ctx)
 {
-    gen_op_arith_neg(ctx, 0);
+    tcg_gen_neg_tl(cpu_gpr[rD(ctx->opcode)], cpu_gpr[rA(ctx->opcode)]);
+    if (unlikely(Rc(ctx->opcode))) {
+        gen_set_Rc0(ctx, cpu_gpr[rD(ctx->opcode)]);
+    }
 }
 
 static void gen_nego(DisasContext *ctx)