diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 53ffe935f3b0..7de49889bd5d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 prepare: task_cpu_prepare
 
 task_cpu_prepare: prepare0
-	$(eval KBUILD_CFLAGS += -D_TASK_CPU=$(shell awk '{if ($$2 == "TI_CPU") print $$3;}' include/generated/asm-offsets.h))
+	$(eval KBUILD_CFLAGS += -D_TASK_CPU=$(shell awk '{if ($$2 == "TASK_CPU") print $$3;}' include/generated/asm-offsets.h))
 endif
 
 # Check toolchain versions:
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index d91523c2c7d8..c959b8d66cac 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 #define CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(dest, sp)	stringify_in_c(ld dest, PACACURRENT(r13))
-#else
-#define CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(dest, sp)	stringify_in_c(mr dest, r2)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 1ad0cbcc5f13..8b688b19776a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ int main(void)
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
 	OFFSET(TASK_STACK, task_struct, stack);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	OFFSET(TI_CPU, task_struct, cpu);
+	OFFSET(TASK_CPU, task_struct, cpu);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
index 424e7265e790..96dce6a4b61e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ transfer_to_handler:
 	stw	r2,_XER(r11)
 	mfspr	r12,SPRN_SPRG_THREAD
 	addi	r2,r12,-THREAD
-	tovirt(r2,r2)			/* set r2 to current */
 	beq	2f			/* if from user, fix up THREAD.regs */
 	addi	r11,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
 	stw	r11,PT_REGS(r12)
@@ -161,11 +160,7 @@ transfer_to_handler:
 	lwz	r12,THREAD_DBCR0(r12)
 	andis.	r12,r12,DBCR0_IDM@h
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r9, r1)
-	tophys(r9, r9)
-	ACCOUNT_CPU_USER_ENTRY(r9, r11, r12)
-#endif
+	ACCOUNT_CPU_USER_ENTRY(r2, r11, r12)
 #if defined(CONFIG_40x) || defined(CONFIG_BOOKE)
 	beq+	3f
 	/* From user and task is ptraced - load up global dbcr0 */
@@ -175,8 +170,7 @@ transfer_to_handler:
 	tophys(r11,r11)
 	addi	r11,r11,global_dbcr0@l
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r9, r1)
-	lwz	r9,TI_CPU(r9)
+	lwz	r9,TASK_CPU(r2)
 	slwi	r9,r9,3
 	add	r11,r11,r9
 #endif
@@ -197,9 +191,7 @@ transfer_to_handler:
 	ble-	stack_ovf		/* then the kernel stack overflowed */
 5:
 #if defined(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_32) || defined(CONFIG_E500)
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r9, r1)
-	tophys(r9,r9)			/* check local flags */
-	lwz	r12,TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r9)
+	lwz	r12,TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r2)
 	mtcrf	0x01,r12
 	bt-	31-TLF_NAPPING,4f
 	bt-	31-TLF_SLEEPING,7f
@@ -208,6 +200,7 @@ transfer_to_handler:
 transfer_to_handler_cont:
 3:
 	mflr	r9
+	tovirt(r2, r2)			/* set r2 to current */
 	lwz	r11,0(r9)		/* virtual address of handler */
 	lwz	r9,4(r9)		/* where to go when done */
 #if defined(CONFIG_PPC_8xx) && defined(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS)
@@ -271,11 +264,11 @@ reenable_mmu:				/* re-enable mmu so we can */
 
 #if defined (CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_32) || defined(CONFIG_E500)
 4:	rlwinm	r12,r12,0,~_TLF_NAPPING
-	stw	r12,TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r9)
+	stw	r12,TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r2)
 	b	power_save_ppc32_restore
 
 7:	rlwinm	r12,r12,0,~_TLF_SLEEPING
-	stw	r12,TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r9)
+	stw	r12,TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r2)
 	lwz	r9,_MSR(r11)		/* if sleeping, clear MSR.EE */
 	rlwinm	r9,r9,0,~MSR_EE
 	lwz	r12,_LINK(r11)		/* and return to address in LR */
@@ -347,8 +340,7 @@ _GLOBAL(DoSyscall)
 	mtmsr	r11
 1:
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS */
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r10, r1)
-	lwz	r11,TI_FLAGS(r10)
+	lwz	r11,TI_FLAGS(r2)
 	andi.	r11,r11,_TIF_SYSCALL_DOTRACE
 	bne-	syscall_dotrace
 syscall_dotrace_cont:
@@ -381,13 +373,12 @@ ret_from_syscall:
 	lwz	r3,GPR3(r1)
 #endif
 	mr	r6,r3
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r12, r1)
 	/* disable interrupts so current_thread_info()->flags can't change */
 	LOAD_MSR_KERNEL(r10,MSR_KERNEL)	/* doesn't include MSR_EE */
 	/* Note: We don't bother telling lockdep about it */
 	SYNC
 	MTMSRD(r10)
-	lwz	r9,TI_FLAGS(r12)
+	lwz	r9,TI_FLAGS(r2)
 	li	r8,-MAX_ERRNO
 	andi.	r0,r9,(_TIF_SYSCALL_DOTRACE|_TIF_SINGLESTEP|_TIF_USER_WORK_MASK|_TIF_PERSYSCALL_MASK)
 	bne-	syscall_exit_work
@@ -434,8 +425,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_NEED_PAIRED_STWCX)
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE
 	andi.	r4,r8,MSR_PR
 	beq	3f
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r4, r1)
-	ACCOUNT_CPU_USER_EXIT(r4, r5, r7)
+	ACCOUNT_CPU_USER_EXIT(r2, r5, r7)
 3:
 #endif
 	lwz	r4,_LINK(r1)
@@ -528,7 +518,7 @@ syscall_exit_work:
 	/* Clear per-syscall TIF flags if any are set.  */
 
 	li	r11,_TIF_PERSYSCALL_MASK
-	addi	r12,r12,TI_FLAGS
+	addi	r12,r2,TI_FLAGS
 3:	lwarx	r8,0,r12
 	andc	r8,r8,r11
 #ifdef CONFIG_IBM405_ERR77
@@ -536,7 +526,6 @@ syscall_exit_work:
 #endif
 	stwcx.	r8,0,r12
 	bne-	3b
-	subi	r12,r12,TI_FLAGS
 	
 4:	/* Anything which requires enabling interrupts? */
 	andi.	r0,r9,(_TIF_SYSCALL_DOTRACE|_TIF_SINGLESTEP)
@@ -815,8 +804,7 @@ ret_from_except:
 
 user_exc_return:		/* r10 contains MSR_KERNEL here */
 	/* Check current_thread_info()->flags */
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r9, r1)
-	lwz	r9,TI_FLAGS(r9)
+	lwz	r9,TI_FLAGS(r2)
 	andi.	r0,r9,_TIF_USER_WORK_MASK
 	bne	do_work
 
@@ -828,18 +816,14 @@ restore_user:
 	andis.	r10,r0,DBCR0_IDM@h
 	bnel-	load_dbcr0
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r9, r1)
-	ACCOUNT_CPU_USER_EXIT(r9, r10, r11)
-#endif
+	ACCOUNT_CPU_USER_EXIT(r2, r10, r11)
 
 	b	restore
 
 /* N.B. the only way to get here is from the beq following ret_from_except. */
 resume_kernel:
 	/* check current_thread_info, _TIF_EMULATE_STACK_STORE */
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r9, r1)
-	lwz	r8,TI_FLAGS(r9)
+	lwz	r8,TI_FLAGS(r2)
 	andis.	r0,r8,_TIF_EMULATE_STACK_STORE@h
 	beq+	1f
 
@@ -865,7 +849,7 @@ resume_kernel:
 
 	/* Clear _TIF_EMULATE_STACK_STORE flag */
 	lis	r11,_TIF_EMULATE_STACK_STORE@h
-	addi	r5,r9,TI_FLAGS
+	addi	r5,r2,TI_FLAGS
 0:	lwarx	r8,0,r5
 	andc	r8,r8,r11
 #ifdef CONFIG_IBM405_ERR77
@@ -877,7 +861,7 @@ resume_kernel:
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
 	/* check current_thread_info->preempt_count */
-	lwz	r0,TI_PREEMPT(r9)
+	lwz	r0,TI_PREEMPT(r2)
 	cmpwi	0,r0,0		/* if non-zero, just restore regs and return */
 	bne	restore
 	andi.	r8,r8,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED
@@ -893,8 +877,7 @@ resume_kernel:
 	bl	trace_hardirqs_off
 #endif
 1:	bl	preempt_schedule_irq
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r9, r1)
-	lwz	r3,TI_FLAGS(r9)
+	lwz	r3,TI_FLAGS(r2)
 	andi.	r0,r3,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED
 	bne-	1b
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS
@@ -1190,8 +1173,7 @@ load_dbcr0:
 	lis	r11,global_dbcr0@ha
 	addi	r11,r11,global_dbcr0@l
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r9, r1)
-	lwz	r9,TI_CPU(r9)
+	lwz	r9,TASK_CPU(r2)
 	slwi	r9,r9,3
 	add	r11,r11,r9
 #endif
@@ -1231,8 +1213,7 @@ recheck:
 	LOAD_MSR_KERNEL(r10,MSR_KERNEL)
 	SYNC
 	MTMSRD(r10)		/* disable interrupts */
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r9, r1)
-	lwz	r9,TI_FLAGS(r9)
+	lwz	r9,TI_FLAGS(r2)
 	andi.	r0,r9,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED
 	bne-	do_resched
 	andi.	r0,r9,_TIF_USER_WORK_MASK
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/epapr_hcalls.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/epapr_hcalls.S
index 52ca2471ee1a..d252f4663a23 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/epapr_hcalls.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/epapr_hcalls.S
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@
 #ifndef CONFIG_PPC64
 /* epapr_ev_idle() was derived from e500_idle() */
 _GLOBAL(epapr_ev_idle)
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r3, r1)
-	PPC_LL	r4, TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r3)	/* set napping bit */
+	PPC_LL	r4, TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r2)	/* set napping bit */
 	ori	r4, r4,_TLF_NAPPING	/* so when we take an exception */
-	PPC_STL	r4, TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r3)	/* it will return to our caller */
+	PPC_STL	r4, TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r2)	/* it will return to our caller */
 
 	wrteei	1
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
index 4ed2a7c8e89b..1881127682e9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
@@ -244,8 +244,7 @@ set_ivor:
 	stwu	r0,THREAD_SIZE-STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD(r1)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r22, r1)
-	stw	r24, TI_CPU(r22)
+	stw	r24, TASK_CPU(r2)
 #endif
 
 	bl	early_init
@@ -719,7 +718,7 @@ finish_tlb_load:
 
 	/* Get the next_tlbcam_idx percpu var */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	lwz	r15, TI_CPU-THREAD(r12)
+	lwz	r15, TASK_CPU-THREAD(r12)
 	lis     r14, __per_cpu_offset@h
 	ori     r14, r14, __per_cpu_offset@l
 	rlwinm  r15, r15, 2, 0, 29
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_6xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_6xx.S
index d9b6e7e0b5e3..c5e7f5bb2e66 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_6xx.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_6xx.S
@@ -136,10 +136,9 @@ BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
 	DSSALL
 	sync
 END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC)
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r9, r1)
-	lwz	r8,TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r9)	/* set napping bit */
+	lwz	r8,TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r2)	/* set napping bit */
 	ori	r8,r8,_TLF_NAPPING	/* so when we take an exception */
-	stw	r8,TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r9)	/* it will return to our caller */
+	stw	r8,TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r2)	/* it will return to our caller */
 	mfmsr	r7
 	ori	r7,r7,MSR_EE
 	oris	r7,r7,MSR_POW@h
@@ -159,9 +158,7 @@ _GLOBAL(power_save_ppc32_restore)
 	stw	r9,_NIP(r11)		/* make it do a blr */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r12, r1)
-	tophys(r12, r12)
-	lwz	r11,TI_CPU(r12)		/* get cpu number * 4 */
+	lwz	r11,TASK_CPU(r2)	/* get cpu number * 4 */
 	slwi	r11,r11,2
 #else
 	li	r11,0
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_e500.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_e500.S
index 583e55ac7d26..69dfcd2ca011 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_e500.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_e500.S
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@
 	.text
 
 _GLOBAL(e500_idle)
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r3, r1)
-	lwz	r4,TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r3)	/* set napping bit */
+	lwz	r4,TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r2)	/* set napping bit */
 	ori	r4,r4,_TLF_NAPPING	/* so when we take an exception */
-	stw	r4,TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r3)	/* it will return to our caller */
+	stw	r4,TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r2)	/* it will return to our caller */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_E500MC
 	wrteei	1
@@ -88,8 +87,7 @@ _GLOBAL(power_save_ppc32_restore)
 	stw	r9,_NIP(r11)		/* make it do a blr */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r12, r1)
-	lwz	r11,TI_CPU(r12)		/* get cpu number * 4 */
+	lwz	r11,TASK_CPU(r2)		/* get cpu number * 4 */
 	slwi	r11,r11,2
 #else
 	li	r11,0
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
index 6f6127c3760c..0dda4f8e3d7a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
@@ -183,8 +183,7 @@ _GLOBAL(low_choose_750fx_pll)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	/* Store new HID1 image */
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r6, r1)
-	lwz	r6,TI_CPU(r6)
+	lwz	r6,TASK_CPU(r2)
 	slwi	r6,r6,2
 #else
 	li	r6, 0
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_low_32.S b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_low_32.S
index d94fef524ef5..1f13494efb2b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_low_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_low_32.S
@@ -183,8 +183,7 @@ _GLOBAL(add_hash_page)
 	add	r3,r3,r0		/* note create_hpte trims to 24 bits */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r8, r1)	/* use cpu number to make tag */
-	lwz	r8,TI_CPU(r8)		/* to go in mmu_hash_lock */
+	lwz	r8,TASK_CPU(r2)		/* to go in mmu_hash_lock */
 	oris	r8,r8,12
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
@@ -540,9 +539,7 @@ _GLOBAL(flush_hash_pages)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	lis	r9, (mmu_hash_lock - PAGE_OFFSET)@ha
 	addi	r9, r9, (mmu_hash_lock - PAGE_OFFSET)@l
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r8, r1)
-	tophys(r8, r8)
-	lwz	r8,TI_CPU(r8)
+	lwz	r8,TASK_CPU(r2)
 	oris	r8,r8,9
 10:	lwarx	r0,0,r9
 	cmpi	0,r0,0
@@ -637,8 +634,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_hash_pages)
  */
 _GLOBAL(_tlbie)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r8, r1)
-	lwz	r8,TI_CPU(r8)
+	lwz	r8,TASK_CPU(r2)
 	oris	r8,r8,11
 	mfmsr	r10
 	SYNC
@@ -675,8 +671,7 @@ _GLOBAL(_tlbie)
  */
 _GLOBAL(_tlbia)
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP)
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r8, r1)
-	lwz	r8,TI_CPU(r8)
+	lwz	r8,TASK_CPU(r2)
 	oris	r8,r8,10
 	mfmsr	r10
 	SYNC
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/6xx-suspend.S b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/6xx-suspend.S
index cf48e9cb2575..6c4aec25c4ba 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/6xx-suspend.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/6xx-suspend.S
@@ -29,10 +29,9 @@ _GLOBAL(mpc6xx_enter_standby)
 	ori	r5, r5, ret_from_standby@l
 	mtlr	r5
 
-	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r5, r1)
-	lwz	r6, TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r5)
+	lwz	r6, TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r2)
 	ori	r6, r6, _TLF_SLEEPING
-	stw	r6, TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r5)
+	stw	r6, TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r2)
 
 	mfmsr	r5
 	ori	r5, r5, MSR_EE