diff --git a/target/tricore/cpu.h b/target/tricore/cpu.h
index 041fc0b6e5..257fcf3cee 100644
--- a/target/tricore/cpu.h
+++ b/target/tricore/cpu.h
@@ -263,10 +263,11 @@ void icr_set_ie(CPUTriCoreState *env, uint32_t val);
 #define MASK_DBGSR_PEVT 0x40
 #define MASK_DBGSR_EVTSRC 0x1f00
 
-#define TRICORE_HFLAG_KUU     0x3
-#define TRICORE_HFLAG_UM0     0x00002 /* user mode-0 flag          */
-#define TRICORE_HFLAG_UM1     0x00001 /* user mode-1 flag          */
-#define TRICORE_HFLAG_SM      0x00000 /* kernel mode flag          */
+enum tricore_priv_levels {
+    TRICORE_PRIV_UM0 = 0x0, /* user mode-0 flag */
+    TRICORE_PRIV_UM1 = 0x1, /* user mode-1 flag */
+    TRICORE_PRIV_SM  = 0x2, /* kernel mode flag */
+};
 
 enum tricore_features {
     TRICORE_FEATURE_13,
@@ -378,15 +379,21 @@ static inline int cpu_mmu_index(CPUTriCoreState *env, bool ifetch)
 
 #include "exec/cpu-all.h"
 
+FIELD(TB_FLAGS, PRIV, 0, 2)
+
 void cpu_state_reset(CPUTriCoreState *s);
 void tricore_tcg_init(void);
 
 static inline void cpu_get_tb_cpu_state(CPUTriCoreState *env, target_ulong *pc,
                                         target_ulong *cs_base, uint32_t *flags)
 {
+    uint32_t new_flags = 0;
     *pc = env->PC;
     *cs_base = 0;
-    *flags = 0;
+
+    new_flags |= FIELD_DP32(new_flags, TB_FLAGS, PRIV,
+            extract32(env->PSW, 10, 2));
+    *flags = new_flags;
 }
 
 #define TRICORE_CPU_TYPE_SUFFIX "-" TYPE_TRICORE_CPU
diff --git a/target/tricore/translate.c b/target/tricore/translate.c
index fb6f0caa24..6932a54663 100644
--- a/target/tricore/translate.c
+++ b/target/tricore/translate.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ typedef struct DisasContext {
     uint32_t opcode;
     /* Routine used to access memory */
     int mem_idx;
-    uint32_t hflags, saved_hflags;
+    int priv;
     uint64_t features;
     uint32_t icr_ie_mask, icr_ie_offset;
 } DisasContext;
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static inline void gen_mfcr(DisasContext *ctx, TCGv ret, int32_t offset)
 static inline void gen_mtcr(DisasContext *ctx, TCGv r1,
                             int32_t offset)
 {
-    if ((ctx->hflags & TRICORE_HFLAG_KUU) == TRICORE_HFLAG_SM) {
+    if (ctx->priv == TRICORE_PRIV_SM) {
         /* since we're caching PSW make this a special case */
         if (offset == 0xfe04) {
             gen_helper_psw_write(cpu_env, r1);
@@ -7920,7 +7920,7 @@ static void decode_sys_interrupts(DisasContext *ctx)
         ctx->base.is_jmp = DISAS_EXIT;
         break;
     case OPC2_32_SYS_RFM:
-        if ((ctx->hflags & TRICORE_HFLAG_KUU) == TRICORE_HFLAG_SM) {
+        if (ctx->priv  == TRICORE_PRIV_SM) {
             tmp = tcg_temp_new();
             l1 = gen_new_label();
 
@@ -7942,8 +7942,7 @@ static void decode_sys_interrupts(DisasContext *ctx)
         break;
     case OPC2_32_SYS_RESTORE:
         if (has_feature(ctx, TRICORE_FEATURE_16)) {
-            if ((ctx->hflags & TRICORE_HFLAG_KUU) == TRICORE_HFLAG_SM ||
-                (ctx->hflags & TRICORE_HFLAG_KUU) == TRICORE_HFLAG_UM1) {
+            if (ctx->priv == TRICORE_PRIV_SM || ctx->priv == TRICORE_PRIV_UM1) {
                 tcg_gen_deposit_tl(cpu_ICR, cpu_ICR, cpu_gpr_d[r1], 8, 1);
             } /* else raise privilege trap */
         } else {
@@ -8313,7 +8312,10 @@ static void tricore_tr_init_disas_context(DisasContextBase *dcbase,
     DisasContext *ctx = container_of(dcbase, DisasContext, base);
     CPUTriCoreState *env = cs->env_ptr;
     ctx->mem_idx = cpu_mmu_index(env, false);
-    ctx->hflags = (uint32_t)ctx->base.tb->flags;
+
+    uint32_t tb_flags = (uint32_t)ctx->base.tb->flags;
+    ctx->priv = FIELD_EX32(tb_flags, TB_FLAGS, PRIV);
+
     ctx->features = env->features;
     if (has_feature(ctx, TRICORE_FEATURE_161)) {
         ctx->icr_ie_mask = R_ICR_IE_161_MASK;