diff -r 5db30620a3db -r 478e77658965 src/hotspot/cpu/ppc/macroAssembler_ppc.inline.hpp
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/ppc/macroAssembler_ppc.inline.hpp	Wed Jan 10 09:04:11 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/ppc/macroAssembler_ppc.inline.hpp	Wed Jan 10 11:09:55 2018 +0100
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "asm/macroAssembler.hpp"
 #include "asm/codeBuffer.hpp"
 #include "code/codeCache.hpp"
+#include "runtime/safepointMechanism.hpp"
 
 inline bool MacroAssembler::is_ld_largeoffset(address a) {
   const int inst1 = *(int *)a;
@@ -261,7 +262,12 @@
 
 // Read from the polling page, its address is already in a register.
 inline void MacroAssembler::load_from_polling_page(Register polling_page_address, int offset) {
-  ld(R0, offset, polling_page_address);
+  if (SafepointMechanism::uses_thread_local_poll() && USE_POLL_BIT_ONLY) {
+    int encoding = SafepointMechanism::poll_bit();
+    tdi(traptoGreaterThanUnsigned | traptoEqual, polling_page_address, encoding);
+  } else {
+    ld(R0, offset, polling_page_address);
+  }
 }
 
 // Trap-instruction-based checks.