diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
index 22ffe85a91b8..365290b9a24b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	unsigned long	tm_tar;
 	unsigned long	tm_ppr;
 	unsigned long	tm_dscr;
+	unsigned long   tm_amr;
 
 	/*
 	 * Checkpointed FP and VSX 0-31 register set.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 8711c2164b45..c2722ff36e98 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ int main(void)
 	OFFSET(THREAD_TM_TAR, thread_struct, tm_tar);
 	OFFSET(THREAD_TM_PPR, thread_struct, tm_ppr);
 	OFFSET(THREAD_TM_DSCR, thread_struct, tm_dscr);
+	OFFSET(THREAD_TM_AMR, thread_struct, tm_amr);
 	OFFSET(PT_CKPT_REGS, thread_struct, ckpt_regs);
 	OFFSET(THREAD_CKVRSTATE, thread_struct, ckvr_state.vr);
 	OFFSET(THREAD_CKVRSAVE, thread_struct, ckvrsave);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/tm.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/tm.S
index 6ba0fdd1e7f8..2b91f233b05d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/tm.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/tm.S
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ _GLOBAL(tm_reclaim)
 	std	r3, STK_PARAM(R3)(r1)
 	SAVE_NVGPRS(r1)
 
+	/*
+	 * Save kernel live AMR since it will be clobbered by treclaim
+	 * but can be used elsewhere later in kernel space.
+	 */
+	mfspr	r3, SPRN_AMR
+	std	r3, TM_FRAME_L1(r1)
+
 	/* We need to setup MSR for VSX register save instructions. */
 	mfmsr	r14
 	mr	r15, r14
@@ -245,7 +252,7 @@ _GLOBAL(tm_reclaim)
 	 * but is used in signal return to 'wind back' to the abort handler.
 	 */
 
-	/* ******************** CR,LR,CCR,MSR ********** */
+	/* ***************** CTR, LR, CR, XER ********** */
 	mfctr	r3
 	mflr	r4
 	mfcr	r5
@@ -256,7 +263,6 @@ _GLOBAL(tm_reclaim)
 	std	r5, _CCR(r7)
 	std	r6, _XER(r7)
 
-
 	/* ******************** TAR, DSCR ********** */
 	mfspr	r3, SPRN_TAR
 	mfspr	r4, SPRN_DSCR
@@ -264,6 +270,10 @@ _GLOBAL(tm_reclaim)
 	std	r3, THREAD_TM_TAR(r12)
 	std	r4, THREAD_TM_DSCR(r12)
 
+        /* ******************** AMR **************** */
+        mfspr	r3, SPRN_AMR
+        std	r3, THREAD_TM_AMR(r12)
+
 	/*
 	 * MSR and flags: We don't change CRs, and we don't need to alter MSR.
 	 */
@@ -308,7 +318,9 @@ _GLOBAL(tm_reclaim)
 	std	r3, THREAD_TM_TFHAR(r12)
 	std	r4, THREAD_TM_TFIAR(r12)
 
-	/* AMR is checkpointed too, but is unsupported by Linux. */
+	/* Restore kernel live AMR */
+	ld	r8, TM_FRAME_L1(r1)
+	mtspr	SPRN_AMR, r8
 
 	/* Restore original MSR/IRQ state & clear TM mode */
 	ld	r14, TM_FRAME_L0(r1)		/* Orig MSR */
@@ -355,6 +367,13 @@ _GLOBAL(__tm_recheckpoint)
 	 */
 	SAVE_NVGPRS(r1)
 
+	/*
+	 * Save kernel live AMR since it will be clobbered for trechkpt
+	 * but can be used elsewhere later in kernel space.
+	 */
+	mfspr	r8, SPRN_AMR
+	std	r8, TM_FRAME_L0(r1)
+
 	/* Load complete register state from ts_ckpt* registers */
 
 	addi	r7, r3, PT_CKPT_REGS		/* Thread's ckpt_regs */
@@ -404,7 +423,7 @@ _GLOBAL(__tm_recheckpoint)
 
 restore_gprs:
 
-	/* ******************** CR,LR,CCR,MSR ********** */
+	/* ****************** CTR, LR, XER ************* */
 	ld	r4, _CTR(r7)
 	ld	r5, _LINK(r7)
 	ld	r8, _XER(r7)
@@ -417,6 +436,10 @@ restore_gprs:
 	ld	r4, THREAD_TM_TAR(r3)
 	mtspr	SPRN_TAR,	r4
 
+	/* ******************** AMR ******************** */
+	ld	r4, THREAD_TM_AMR(r3)
+	mtspr	SPRN_AMR, r4
+
 	/* Load up the PPR and DSCR in GPRs only at this stage */
 	ld	r5, THREAD_TM_DSCR(r3)
 	ld	r6, THREAD_TM_PPR(r3)
@@ -509,6 +532,10 @@ restore_gprs:
 	li	r4, MSR_RI
 	mtmsrd	r4, 1
 
+	/* Restore kernel live AMR */
+	ld	r8, TM_FRAME_L0(r1)
+	mtspr	SPRN_AMR, r8
+
 	REST_NVGPRS(r1)
 
 	addi    r1, r1, TM_FRAME_SIZE