diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_emulate.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_emulate.c
index 4668465..bf0ddcd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_emulate.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_emulate.c
@@ -63,6 +63,25 @@
  * function pointers, so let's just disable the define. */
 #undef mfsrin
 
+enum priv_level {
+	PRIV_PROBLEM = 0,
+	PRIV_SUPER = 1,
+	PRIV_HYPER = 2,
+};
+
+static bool spr_allowed(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum priv_level level)
+{
+	/* PAPR VMs only access supervisor SPRs */
+	if (vcpu->arch.papr_enabled && (level > PRIV_SUPER))
+		return false;
+
+	/* Limit user space to its own small SPR set */
+	if ((vcpu->arch.shared->msr & MSR_PR) && level > PRIV_PROBLEM)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 int kvmppc_core_emulate_op(struct kvm_run *run, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
                            unsigned int inst, int *advance)
 {
@@ -296,6 +315,8 @@
 
 	switch (sprn) {
 	case SPRN_SDR1:
+		if (!spr_allowed(vcpu, PRIV_HYPER))
+			goto unprivileged;
 		to_book3s(vcpu)->sdr1 = spr_val;
 		break;
 	case SPRN_DSISR:
@@ -390,6 +411,7 @@
 	case SPRN_PMC4_GEKKO:
 	case SPRN_WPAR_GEKKO:
 		break;
+unprivileged:
 	default:
 		printk(KERN_INFO "KVM: invalid SPR write: %d\n", sprn);
 #ifndef DEBUG_SPR
@@ -421,6 +443,8 @@
 		break;
 	}
 	case SPRN_SDR1:
+		if (!spr_allowed(vcpu, PRIV_HYPER))
+			goto unprivileged;
 		kvmppc_set_gpr(vcpu, rt, to_book3s(vcpu)->sdr1);
 		break;
 	case SPRN_DSISR:
@@ -476,6 +500,7 @@
 		kvmppc_set_gpr(vcpu, rt, 0);
 		break;
 	default:
+unprivileged:
 		printk(KERN_INFO "KVM: invalid SPR read: %d\n", sprn);
 #ifndef DEBUG_SPR
 		emulated = EMULATE_FAIL;