diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h
index 1a8093f..078019b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
  */
 #define PPMU_LIMITED_PMC5_6	1	/* PMC5/6 have limited function */
 #define PPMU_ALT_SIPR		2	/* uses alternate posn for SIPR/HV */
+#define PPMU_NO_SIPR		4	/* no SIPR/HV in MMCRA at all */
+#define PPMU_NO_CONT_SAMPLING	8	/* no continuous sampling */
 
 /*
  * Values for flags to get_alternatives()
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
index c2e27ed..02aee03 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -116,14 +116,45 @@
 		*addrp = mfspr(SPRN_SDAR);
 }
 
+static inline u32 perf_flags_from_msr(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	if (regs->msr & MSR_PR)
+		return PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
+	if ((regs->msr & MSR_HV) && freeze_events_kernel != MMCR0_FCHV)
+		return PERF_RECORD_MISC_HYPERVISOR;
+	return PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL;
+}
+
 static inline u32 perf_get_misc_flags(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	unsigned long mmcra = regs->dsisr;
 	unsigned long sihv = MMCRA_SIHV;
 	unsigned long sipr = MMCRA_SIPR;
 
+	/* Not a PMU interrupt: Make up flags from regs->msr */
 	if (TRAP(regs) != 0xf00)
-		return 0;	/* not a PMU interrupt */
+		return perf_flags_from_msr(regs);
+
+	/*
+	 * If we don't support continuous sampling and this
+	 * is not a marked event, same deal
+	 */
+	if ((ppmu->flags & PPMU_NO_CONT_SAMPLING) &&
+	    !(mmcra & MMCRA_SAMPLE_ENABLE))
+		return perf_flags_from_msr(regs);
+
+	/*
+	 * If we don't have flags in MMCRA, rather than using
+	 * the MSR, we intuit the flags from the address in
+	 * SIAR which should give slightly more reliable
+	 * results
+	 */
+	if (ppmu->flags & PPMU_NO_SIPR) {
+		unsigned long siar = mfspr(SPRN_SIAR);
+		if (siar >= PAGE_OFFSET)
+			return PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL;
+		return PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
+	}
 
 	if (ppmu->flags & PPMU_ALT_SIPR) {
 		sihv = POWER6_MMCRA_SIHV;
@@ -1299,13 +1330,18 @@
  */
 unsigned long perf_instruction_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	unsigned long ip;
+	unsigned long mmcra = regs->dsisr;
 
+	/* Not a PMU interrupt */
 	if (TRAP(regs) != 0xf00)
-		return regs->nip;	/* not a PMU interrupt */
+		return regs->nip;
 
-	ip = mfspr(SPRN_SIAR) + perf_ip_adjust(regs);
-	return ip;
+	/* Processor doesn't support sampling non marked events */
+	if ((ppmu->flags & PPMU_NO_CONT_SAMPLING) &&
+	    !(mmcra & MMCRA_SAMPLE_ENABLE))
+		return regs->nip;
+
+	return mfspr(SPRN_SIAR) + perf_ip_adjust(regs);
 }
 
 static bool pmc_overflow(unsigned long val)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/power4-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/power4-pmu.c
index b4f1dda..9103a1d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/power4-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/power4-pmu.c
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@
 	.n_generic		= ARRAY_SIZE(p4_generic_events),
 	.generic_events		= p4_generic_events,
 	.cache_events		= &power4_cache_events,
+	.flags			= PPMU_NO_SIPR | PPMU_NO_CONT_SAMPLING,
 };
 
 static int __init init_power4_pmu(void)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/ppc970-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/ppc970-pmu.c
index 111eb25..20139ce 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/ppc970-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/ppc970-pmu.c
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@
 	.n_generic		= ARRAY_SIZE(ppc970_generic_events),
 	.generic_events		= ppc970_generic_events,
 	.cache_events		= &ppc970_cache_events,
+	.flags			= PPMU_NO_SIPR | PPMU_NO_CONT_SAMPLING,
 };
 
 static int __init init_ppc970_pmu(void)