diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-gpr.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-gpr.c
index 82f7bdc..cdd3518 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-gpr.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-gpr.c
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ int ptrace_tm_gpr(void)
 	int ret, status;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 	shm_id = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, sizeof(int) * 2, 0777|IPC_CREAT);
 	pid = fork();
 	if (pid < 0) {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-spd-gpr.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-spd-gpr.c
index ad65be6..896a478 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-spd-gpr.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-spd-gpr.c
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ int ptrace_tm_spd_gpr(void)
 	int ret, status;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 	shm_id = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, sizeof(int) * 3, 0777|IPC_CREAT);
 	pid = fork();
 	if (pid < 0) {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-spd-tar.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-spd-tar.c
index 2ecfa11..e112a34 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-spd-tar.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-spd-tar.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ int ptrace_tm_spd_tar(void)
 	int ret, status;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 	shm_id = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, sizeof(int) * 3, 0777|IPC_CREAT);
 	pid = fork();
 	if (pid == 0)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-spd-vsx.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-spd-vsx.c
index 6f7fb51..40133d4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-spd-vsx.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-spd-vsx.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ int ptrace_tm_spd_vsx(void)
 	int ret, status, i;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 	shm_id = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, sizeof(int) * 3, 0777|IPC_CREAT);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 128; i++) {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-spr.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-spr.c
index 068bfed..880ba6a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-spr.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-spr.c
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ int ptrace_tm_spr(void)
 	int ret, status;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 	shm_id = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, sizeof(struct shared), 0777|IPC_CREAT);
 	shm_id1 = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, sizeof(int), 0777|IPC_CREAT);
 	pid = fork();
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-tar.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-tar.c
index 46ef378..d0db6df 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-tar.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-tar.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ int ptrace_tm_tar(void)
 	int ret, status;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 	shm_id = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, sizeof(int) * 2, 0777|IPC_CREAT);
 	pid = fork();
 	if (pid == 0)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-vsx.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-vsx.c
index 70ca012..4f05ce4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-vsx.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-tm-vsx.c
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ int ptrace_tm_vsx(void)
 	int ret, status, i;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 	shm_id = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, sizeof(int) * 2, 0777|IPC_CREAT);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 128; i++) {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/signal/signal_tm.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/signal/signal_tm.c
index 5bf2224..c9cf66a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/signal/signal_tm.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/signal/signal_tm.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ static int test_signal_tm()
 	}
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_ATTEMPT; i++) {
 		/*
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-exec.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-exec.c
index 260cfdb..c59919d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-exec.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-exec.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ static char *path;
 static int test_exec(void)
 {
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 
 	asm __volatile__(
 		"tbegin.;"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-fork.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-fork.c
index 6efa5a6..c27b935 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-fork.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-fork.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 int test_fork(void)
 {
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 
 	asm __volatile__(
 		"tbegin.;"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-poison.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-poison.c
index 9775584..63767e2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-poison.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-poison.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ int tm_poison_test(void)
 	bool fail_vr = false;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 
 	/* Attach both Child and Parent to CPU 0 */
 	CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-resched-dscr.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-resched-dscr.c
index 4cdb839..85c940a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-resched-dscr.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-resched-dscr.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ int test_body(void)
 	uint64_t rv, dscr1 = 1, dscr2, texasr;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 
 	printf("Check DSCR TM context switch: ");
 	fflush(stdout);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-context-chk-fpu.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-context-chk-fpu.c
index 254f912..657d755 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-context-chk-fpu.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-context-chk-fpu.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static int tm_signal_context_chk_fpu()
 	pid_t pid = getpid();
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 
 	act.sa_sigaction = signal_usr1;
 	sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-context-chk-gpr.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-context-chk-gpr.c
index 0cc680f..400fa70 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-context-chk-gpr.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-context-chk-gpr.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static int tm_signal_context_chk_gpr()
 	pid_t pid = getpid();
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 
 	act.sa_sigaction = signal_usr1;
 	sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-context-chk-vmx.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-context-chk-vmx.c
index b6d5273..d628fd3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-context-chk-vmx.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-context-chk-vmx.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ static int tm_signal_context_chk()
 	pid_t pid = getpid();
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 
 	act.sa_sigaction = signal_usr1;
 	sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-context-chk-vsx.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-context-chk-vsx.c
index 8e25e20..9bd8692 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-context-chk-vsx.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-context-chk-vsx.c
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ static int tm_signal_context_chk()
 	pid_t pid = getpid();
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 
 	act.sa_sigaction = signal_usr1;
 	sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-sigreturn-nt.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-sigreturn-nt.c
index 07c3881..06b8019 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-sigreturn-nt.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-sigreturn-nt.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ int tm_signal_sigreturn_nt(void)
 	struct sigaction trap_sa;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 
 	trap_sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
 	trap_sa.sa_sigaction = trap_signal_handler;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-stack.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-stack.c
index cdcf8c5..68807aa 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-stack.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-signal-stack.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ int tm_signal_stack()
 	int pid;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 
 	pid = fork();
 	if (pid < 0)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-sigreturn.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-sigreturn.c
index 9a6017a..ffe4e55 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-sigreturn.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-sigreturn.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ int tm_sigreturn(void)
 	uint64_t ret = 0;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 	SKIP_IF(!is_ppc64le());
 
 	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-syscall.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-syscall.c
index becb820..467a6b3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-syscall.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-syscall.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ extern int getppid_tm_suspended(void);
 unsigned retries = 0;
 
 #define TEST_DURATION 10 /* seconds */
-#define TM_RETRIES 100
 
 pid_t getppid_tm(bool suspend)
 {
@@ -67,6 +66,7 @@ int tm_syscall(void)
 	struct timeval end, now;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm_nosc());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 
 	setbuf(stdout, NULL);
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tar.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tar.c
index 03be8c4..f2a9137 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tar.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tar.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ int test_tar(void)
 	int i;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 	SKIP_IF(!is_ppc64le());
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_loops; i++)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tmspr.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tmspr.c
index 17becf3d..782d984 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tmspr.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-tmspr.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ int test_tmspr()
 	unsigned long	i;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 
 	/* To cause some context switching */
 	thread_num = 10 * sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-trap.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-trap.c
index 601f0c1..6bc508b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-trap.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-trap.c
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ int tm_trap_test(void)
 	struct sigaction trap_sa;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 
 	trap_sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
 	trap_sa.sa_sigaction = trap_signal_handler;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-unavailable.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-unavailable.c
index 2ca2fcc..44ffdd7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-unavailable.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-unavailable.c
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ int tm_unavailable_test(void)
 	cpu_set_t cpuset;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 
 	/* Set only CPU 0 in the mask. Both threads will be bound to CPU 0. */
 	CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-vmx-unavail.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-vmx-unavail.c
index e2a0c07..85a8ead 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-vmx-unavail.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-vmx-unavail.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ int tm_vmx_unavail_test()
 	pthread_t *thread;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 
 	passed = 1;
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-vmxcopy.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-vmxcopy.c
index c1e788a..1640e7e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-vmxcopy.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-vmxcopy.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ int test_vmxcopy()
 	uint64_t aborted = 0;
 
 	SKIP_IF(!have_htm());
+	SKIP_IF(htm_is_synthetic());
 	SKIP_IF(!is_ppc64le());
 
 	fd = mkstemp(tmpfile);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm.h b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm.h
index c402464..544ac39 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm.h
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "reg.h"
+
+#define TM_RETRIES 100
 
 static inline bool have_htm(void)
 {
@@ -32,6 +35,39 @@ static inline bool have_htm_nosc(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+/*
+ * Transactional Memory was removed in ISA 3.1. A synthetic TM implementation
+ * is provided on P10 for threads running in P8/P9 compatibility  mode. The
+ * synthetic implementation immediately fails after tbegin. This failure sets
+ * Bit 7 (Failure Persistent) and Bit 15 (Implementation-specific).
+ */
+static inline bool htm_is_synthetic(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	/*
+	 * Per the ISA, the Failure Persistent bit may be incorrect. Try a few
+	 * times in case we got an Implementation-specific failure on a non ISA
+	 * v3.1 system. On these systems the Implementation-specific failure
+	 * should not be persistent.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < TM_RETRIES; i++) {
+		asm volatile(
+		"tbegin.;"
+		"beq 1f;"
+		"tend.;"
+		"1:"
+		:
+		:
+		: "memory");
+
+		if ((__builtin_get_texasr() & (TEXASR_FP | TEXASR_IC)) !=
+		    (TEXASR_FP | TEXASR_IC))
+			break;
+	}
+	return i == TM_RETRIES;
+}
+
 static inline long failure_code(void)
 {
 	return __builtin_get_texasru() >> 24;
