diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm.h b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm.h
index c03c6e778876..6024ce4ba6ff 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm.h
@@ -105,8 +105,12 @@ static inline bool failure_is_nesting(void)
 static inline int tcheck(void)
 {
 	long cr;
-	asm volatile ("tcheck 0" : "=r"(cr) : : "cr0");
-	return (cr >> 28) & 4;
+	asm volatile("tcheck 0;"
+		     "mfcr %0;"
+		     : "=r"(cr)
+		     :
+		     : "cr0");
+	return (cr >> 28) & 0xf;
 }
 
 static inline bool tcheck_doomed(void)