diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/cputable.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/cputable.c
index 4847f2ac8c9fe1d9d8de70ce428d46925699e162..a20960e47105ed9957804485faf297a4835cb6df 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/cputable.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/cputable.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct cpu_spec	cpu_specs[] = {
 		.cpu_user_features = COMMON_USER_PPC64,
 		.icache_bsize		= 128,
 		.dcache_bsize		= 128,
+		.num_pmcs		= 8,
 		.cpu_setup		= __setup_cpu_power3,
 	},
 	{	/* Power3+ */
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ struct cpu_spec	cpu_specs[] = {
 		.cpu_user_features	= COMMON_USER_PPC64,
 		.icache_bsize		= 128,
 		.dcache_bsize		= 128,
+		.num_pmcs		= 8,
 		.cpu_setup		= __setup_cpu_power3,
 	},
 	{	/* Northstar */
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ struct cpu_spec	cpu_specs[] = {
 		.cpu_user_features	= COMMON_USER_PPC64,
 		.icache_bsize		= 128,
 		.dcache_bsize		= 128,
+		.num_pmcs		= 8,
 		.cpu_setup		= __setup_cpu_power3,
 	},
 	{	/* Pulsar */
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ struct cpu_spec	cpu_specs[] = {
 		.cpu_user_features	= COMMON_USER_PPC64,
 		.icache_bsize		= 128,
 		.dcache_bsize		= 128,
+		.num_pmcs		= 8,
 		.cpu_setup		= __setup_cpu_power3,
 	},
 	{	/* I-star */
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ struct cpu_spec	cpu_specs[] = {
 		.cpu_user_features	= COMMON_USER_PPC64,
 		.icache_bsize		= 128,
 		.dcache_bsize		= 128,
+		.num_pmcs		= 8,
 		.cpu_setup		= __setup_cpu_power3,
 	},
 	{	/* S-star */
@@ -119,6 +124,7 @@ struct cpu_spec	cpu_specs[] = {
 		.cpu_user_features	= COMMON_USER_PPC64,
 		.icache_bsize		= 128,
 		.dcache_bsize		= 128,
+		.num_pmcs		= 8,
 		.cpu_setup		= __setup_cpu_power3,
 	},
 	{	/* Power4 */
@@ -131,6 +137,7 @@ struct cpu_spec	cpu_specs[] = {
 		.cpu_user_features	= COMMON_USER_PPC64,
 		.icache_bsize		= 128,
 		.dcache_bsize		= 128,
+		.num_pmcs		= 8,
 		.cpu_setup		= __setup_cpu_power4,
 	},
 	{	/* Power4+ */
@@ -143,6 +150,7 @@ struct cpu_spec	cpu_specs[] = {
 		.cpu_user_features	= COMMON_USER_PPC64,
 		.icache_bsize		= 128,
 		.dcache_bsize		= 128,
+		.num_pmcs		= 8,
 		.cpu_setup		= __setup_cpu_power4,
 	},
 	{	/* PPC970 */
@@ -157,6 +165,7 @@ struct cpu_spec	cpu_specs[] = {
 			PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC_COMP,
 		.icache_bsize		= 128,
 		.dcache_bsize		= 128,
+		.num_pmcs		= 8,
 		.cpu_setup		= __setup_cpu_ppc970,
 	},
 	{	/* PPC970FX */
@@ -171,6 +180,7 @@ struct cpu_spec	cpu_specs[] = {
 			PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC_COMP,
 		.icache_bsize		= 128,
 		.dcache_bsize		= 128,
+		.num_pmcs		= 8,
 		.cpu_setup		= __setup_cpu_ppc970,
 	},
 	{	/* PPC970MP */
@@ -199,6 +209,7 @@ struct cpu_spec	cpu_specs[] = {
 		.cpu_user_features	= COMMON_USER_PPC64,
 		.icache_bsize		= 128,
 		.dcache_bsize		= 128,
+		.num_pmcs		= 6,
 		.cpu_setup		= __setup_cpu_power4,
 	},
 	{	/* Power5 */
@@ -213,6 +224,7 @@ struct cpu_spec	cpu_specs[] = {
 		.cpu_user_features	= COMMON_USER_PPC64,
 		.icache_bsize		= 128,
 		.dcache_bsize		= 128,
+		.num_pmcs		= 6,
 		.cpu_setup		= __setup_cpu_power4,
 	},
 	{	/* BE DD1.x */
@@ -239,6 +251,7 @@ struct cpu_spec	cpu_specs[] = {
 		.cpu_user_features	= COMMON_USER_PPC64,
 		.icache_bsize		= 128,
 		.dcache_bsize		= 128,
+		.num_pmcs		= 6,
 		.cpu_setup		= __setup_cpu_power4,
 	}
 };
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/sysfs.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/sysfs.c
index f311ee7c0070d2d024d25b78b88622e154793ce5..6654b350979cfd3a868c029677fff0239d9972ed 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/sysfs.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/sysfs.c
@@ -215,18 +215,23 @@ static void register_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_MMCRA))
 		sysdev_create_file(s, &attr_mmcra);
 
-	sysdev_create_file(s, &attr_pmc1);
-	sysdev_create_file(s, &attr_pmc2);
-	sysdev_create_file(s, &attr_pmc3);
-	sysdev_create_file(s, &attr_pmc4);
-	sysdev_create_file(s, &attr_pmc5);
-	sysdev_create_file(s, &attr_pmc6);
-
-	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_PMC8)) {
+	if (cur_cpu_spec->num_pmcs >= 1)
+		sysdev_create_file(s, &attr_pmc1);
+	if (cur_cpu_spec->num_pmcs >= 2)
+		sysdev_create_file(s, &attr_pmc2);
+	if (cur_cpu_spec->num_pmcs >= 3)
+		sysdev_create_file(s, &attr_pmc3);
+	if (cur_cpu_spec->num_pmcs >= 4)
+		sysdev_create_file(s, &attr_pmc4);
+	if (cur_cpu_spec->num_pmcs >= 5)
+		sysdev_create_file(s, &attr_pmc5);
+	if (cur_cpu_spec->num_pmcs >= 6)
+		sysdev_create_file(s, &attr_pmc6);
+	if (cur_cpu_spec->num_pmcs >= 7)
 		sysdev_create_file(s, &attr_pmc7);
+	if (cur_cpu_spec->num_pmcs >= 8)
 		sysdev_create_file(s, &attr_pmc8);
-	}
-
+  
 	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SMT))
 		sysdev_create_file(s, &attr_purr);
 }
@@ -252,17 +257,22 @@ static void unregister_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_MMCRA))
 		sysdev_remove_file(s, &attr_mmcra);
 
-	sysdev_remove_file(s, &attr_pmc1);
-	sysdev_remove_file(s, &attr_pmc2);
-	sysdev_remove_file(s, &attr_pmc3);
-	sysdev_remove_file(s, &attr_pmc4);
-	sysdev_remove_file(s, &attr_pmc5);
-	sysdev_remove_file(s, &attr_pmc6);
-
-	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_PMC8)) {
+	if (cur_cpu_spec->num_pmcs >= 1)
+		sysdev_remove_file(s, &attr_pmc1);
+	if (cur_cpu_spec->num_pmcs >= 2)
+		sysdev_remove_file(s, &attr_pmc2);
+	if (cur_cpu_spec->num_pmcs >= 3)
+		sysdev_remove_file(s, &attr_pmc3);
+	if (cur_cpu_spec->num_pmcs >= 4)
+		sysdev_remove_file(s, &attr_pmc4);
+	if (cur_cpu_spec->num_pmcs >= 5)
+		sysdev_remove_file(s, &attr_pmc5);
+	if (cur_cpu_spec->num_pmcs >= 6)
+		sysdev_remove_file(s, &attr_pmc6);
+	if (cur_cpu_spec->num_pmcs >= 7)
 		sysdev_remove_file(s, &attr_pmc7);
+	if (cur_cpu_spec->num_pmcs >= 8)
 		sysdev_remove_file(s, &attr_pmc8);
-	}
 
 	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SMT))
 		sysdev_remove_file(s, &attr_purr);
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc64/cputable.h b/include/asm-ppc64/cputable.h
index ae6cf3830108c0d59e22a637378e9ed100ddbdb2..0c8affc657faa4889470670ca940190b7d15048d 100644
--- a/include/asm-ppc64/cputable.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc64/cputable.h
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ struct cpu_spec {
 	unsigned int	icache_bsize;
 	unsigned int	dcache_bsize;
 
+	/* number of performance monitor counters */
+	unsigned int	num_pmcs;
+
 	/* this is called to initialize various CPU bits like L1 cache,
 	 * BHT, SPD, etc... from head.S before branching to identify_machine
 	 */