diff --git a/target/ppc/excp_helper.c b/target/ppc/excp_helper.c
index a2801f6e6b..847f8a33be 100644
--- a/target/ppc/excp_helper.c
+++ b/target/ppc/excp_helper.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "trace.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCG
+#include "sysemu/tcg.h"
 #include "exec/helper-proto.h"
 #include "exec/cpu_ldst.h"
 #endif
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ static inline bool insn_need_byteswap(CPUArchState *env)
     return !!(env->msr & ((target_ulong)1 << MSR_LE));
 }
 
-static uint32_t ppc_ldl_code(CPUArchState *env, hwaddr addr)
+static uint32_t ppc_ldl_code(CPUArchState *env, abi_ptr addr)
 {
     uint32_t insn = cpu_ldl_code(env, addr);
 
@@ -1348,6 +1349,72 @@ static bool books_vhyp_handles_hv_excp(PowerPCCPU *cpu)
     return false;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_TCG
+static bool is_prefix_insn(CPUPPCState *env, uint32_t insn)
+{
+    if (!(env->insns_flags2 & PPC2_ISA310)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return ((insn & 0xfc000000) == 0x04000000);
+}
+
+static bool is_prefix_insn_excp(PowerPCCPU *cpu, int excp)
+{
+    CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
+
+    if (!tcg_enabled()) {
+        /*
+         * This does not load instructions and set the prefix bit correctly
+         * for injected interrupts with KVM. That may have to be discovered
+         * and set by the KVM layer before injecting.
+         */
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    switch (excp) {
+    case POWERPC_EXCP_HDSI:
+        /* HDSI PRTABLE_FAULT has the originating access type in error_code */
+        if ((env->spr[SPR_HDSISR] & DSISR_PRTABLE_FAULT) &&
+            (env->error_code == MMU_INST_FETCH)) {
+            /*
+             * Fetch failed due to partition scope translation, so prefix
+             * indication is not relevant (and attempting to load the
+             * instruction at NIP would cause recursive faults with the same
+             * translation).
+             */
+            break;
+        }
+        /* fall through */
+    case POWERPC_EXCP_MCHECK:
+    case POWERPC_EXCP_DSI:
+    case POWERPC_EXCP_DSEG:
+    case POWERPC_EXCP_ALIGN:
+    case POWERPC_EXCP_PROGRAM:
+    case POWERPC_EXCP_FPU:
+    case POWERPC_EXCP_TRACE:
+    case POWERPC_EXCP_HV_EMU:
+    case POWERPC_EXCP_VPU:
+    case POWERPC_EXCP_VSXU:
+    case POWERPC_EXCP_FU:
+    case POWERPC_EXCP_HV_FU: {
+        uint32_t insn = ppc_ldl_code(env, env->nip);
+        if (is_prefix_insn(env, insn)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+#else
+static bool is_prefix_insn_excp(PowerPCCPU *cpu, int excp)
+{
+    return false;
+}
+#endif
+
 static void powerpc_excp_books(PowerPCCPU *cpu, int excp)
 {
     CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
@@ -1395,6 +1462,10 @@ static void powerpc_excp_books(PowerPCCPU *cpu, int excp)
 
     vector |= env->excp_prefix;
 
+    if (is_prefix_insn_excp(cpu, excp)) {
+        msr |= PPC_BIT(34);
+    }
+
     switch (excp) {
     case POWERPC_EXCP_MCHECK:    /* Machine check exception                  */
         if (!FIELD_EX64(env->msr, MSR, ME)) {
diff --git a/target/ppc/mmu-radix64.c b/target/ppc/mmu-radix64.c
index 1fc1ba3ecf..920084bd8f 100644
--- a/target/ppc/mmu-radix64.c
+++ b/target/ppc/mmu-radix64.c
@@ -145,6 +145,13 @@ static void ppc_radix64_raise_hsi(PowerPCCPU *cpu, MMUAccessType access_type,
     CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
     CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
 
+    env->error_code = 0;
+    if (cause & DSISR_PRTABLE_FAULT) {
+        /* HDSI PRTABLE_FAULT gets the originating access type in error_code */
+        env->error_code = access_type;
+        access_type = MMU_DATA_LOAD;
+    }
+
     qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_MMU, "%s for %s @0x%"VADDR_PRIx" 0x%"
                   HWADDR_PRIx" cause %08x\n",
                   __func__, access_str(access_type),
@@ -166,7 +173,6 @@ static void ppc_radix64_raise_hsi(PowerPCCPU *cpu, MMUAccessType access_type,
         env->spr[SPR_HDSISR] = cause;
         env->spr[SPR_HDAR] = eaddr;
         env->spr[SPR_ASDR] = g_raddr;
-        env->error_code = 0;
         break;
     default:
         g_assert_not_reached();
@@ -369,13 +375,14 @@ static bool validate_pate(PowerPCCPU *cpu, uint64_t lpid, ppc_v3_pate_t *pate)
 }
 
 static int ppc_radix64_partition_scoped_xlate(PowerPCCPU *cpu,
-                                              MMUAccessType access_type,
+                                              MMUAccessType orig_access_type,
                                               vaddr eaddr, hwaddr g_raddr,
                                               ppc_v3_pate_t pate,
                                               hwaddr *h_raddr, int *h_prot,
                                               int *h_page_size, bool pde_addr,
                                               int mmu_idx, bool guest_visible)
 {
+    MMUAccessType access_type = orig_access_type;
     int fault_cause = 0;
     hwaddr pte_addr;
     uint64_t pte;
@@ -404,7 +411,8 @@ static int ppc_radix64_partition_scoped_xlate(PowerPCCPU *cpu,
             fault_cause |= DSISR_PRTABLE_FAULT;
         }
         if (guest_visible) {
-            ppc_radix64_raise_hsi(cpu, access_type, eaddr, g_raddr, fault_cause);
+            ppc_radix64_raise_hsi(cpu, orig_access_type,
+                                  eaddr, g_raddr, fault_cause);
         }
         return 1;
     }