diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputime.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputime.h
index 0fccd5ea1e9a2..9335b93924b43 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputime.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputime.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ static inline unsigned long cputime_to_usecs(const cputime_t ct)
 	return mulhdu((__force u64) ct, __cputime_usec_factor);
 }
 
+#define cputime_to_nsecs(cputime) tb_to_ns((__force u64)cputime)
+
 /*
  * PPC64 uses PACA which is task independent for storing accounting data while
  * PPC32 uses struct thread_info, therefore at task switch the accounting data