diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
index ee0bfebc375f..ce5fd93499a7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ SystemCall:
 /* On the MPC8xx, this is a software emulation interrupt.  It occurs
  * for all unimplemented and illegal instructions.
  */
-	EXCEPTION(0x1000, SoftEmu, program_check_exception, EXC_XFER_STD)
+	EXCEPTION(0x1000, SoftEmu, emulation_assist_interrupt, EXC_XFER_STD)
 
 	. = 0x1100
 /*