diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
index d36db35e3aac..fdddb822d564 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
@@ -629,9 +629,10 @@ enum {
 
 /*
  * Maximum number of hw breakpoint supported on powerpc. Number of
- * breakpoints supported by actual hw might be less than this.
+ * breakpoints supported by actual hw might be less than this, which
+ * is decided at run time in nr_wp_slots().
  */
-#define HBP_NUM_MAX	1
+#define HBP_NUM_MAX	2
 
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
index cb424799da0d..c89250b6ac34 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #ifndef _PPC_BOOK3S_64_HW_BREAKPOINT_H
 #define _PPC_BOOK3S_64_HW_BREAKPOINT_H
 
+#include <asm/cpu_has_feature.h>
+
 #ifdef	__KERNEL__
 struct arch_hw_breakpoint {
 	unsigned long	address;
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ struct arch_hw_breakpoint {
 
 static inline int nr_wp_slots(void)
 {
-	return HBP_NUM_MAX;
+	return cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_DAWR1) ? 2 : 1;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT