diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
index 0d4939ba48e7..c5b107afca4d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ struct cpu_spec {
 	 * if the error is fatal, 1 if it was fully recovered and 0 to
 	 * pass up (not CPU originated) */
 	int		(*machine_check)(struct pt_regs *regs);
+
+	/*
+	 * Processor specific early machine check handler which is
+	 * called in real mode to handle SLB and TLB errors.
+	 */
+	long		(*machine_check_early)(struct pt_regs *regs);
+
 };
 
 extern struct cpu_spec		*cur_cpu_spec;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index 97a1ce72e130..330841766b09 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -293,8 +293,11 @@ void system_reset_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
  */
 long machine_check_early(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	/* TODO: handle/decode machine check reason */
-	return 0;
+	long handled = 0;
+
+	if (cur_cpu_spec && cur_cpu_spec->machine_check_early)
+		handled = cur_cpu_spec->machine_check_early(regs);
+	return handled;
 }
 
 #endif