diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci.c
index d25ff2292ae2ccf7722a9170fae67cff725ca562..b1ef84a6c9d13cff03c2d4a5234e57265ef5bc75 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci.c
@@ -599,6 +599,9 @@ int pnv_tce_build(struct iommu_table *tbl, long index, long npages,
 	u64 rpn = __pa(uaddr) >> tbl->it_page_shift;
 	long i;
 
+	if (proto_tce & TCE_PCI_WRITE)
+		proto_tce |= TCE_PCI_READ;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < npages; i++) {
 		unsigned long newtce = proto_tce |
 			((rpn + i) << tbl->it_page_shift);
@@ -620,6 +623,9 @@ int pnv_tce_xchg(struct iommu_table *tbl, long index,
 
 	BUG_ON(*hpa & ~IOMMU_PAGE_MASK(tbl));
 
+	if (newtce & TCE_PCI_WRITE)
+		newtce |= TCE_PCI_READ;
+
 	oldtce = xchg(pnv_tce(tbl, idx), cpu_to_be64(newtce));
 	*hpa = be64_to_cpu(oldtce) & ~(TCE_PCI_READ | TCE_PCI_WRITE);
 	*direction = iommu_tce_direction(oldtce);