diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index 3ad70f8a6e..2aeda8a10d 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -4615,10 +4615,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
         int i;
 
 #if defined(TARGET_PPC64)
+        int flag = (env->insns_flags2 & PPC2_BOOKE206) ? MSR_CM : MSR_SF;
 #if defined(TARGET_ABI32)
-        env->msr &= ~((target_ulong)1 << MSR_SF);
+        env->msr &= ~((target_ulong)1 << flag);
 #else
-        env->msr |= (target_ulong)1 << MSR_SF;
+        env->msr |= (target_ulong)1 << flag;
 #endif
 #endif
         env->nip = regs->nip;