diff --git a/linux-user/ppc/cpu_loop.c b/linux-user/ppc/cpu_loop.c
index 4a0f6c8dc2..fe526693d2 100644
--- a/linux-user/ppc/cpu_loop.c
+++ b/linux-user/ppc/cpu_loop.c
@@ -423,9 +423,6 @@ void cpu_loop(CPUPPCState *env)
             cpu_abort(cs, "Maintenance exception while in user mode. "
                       "Aborting\n");
             break;
-        case POWERPC_EXCP_STOP:     /* stop translation                      */
-            /* We did invalidate the instruction cache. Go on */
-            break;
         case POWERPC_EXCP_BRANCH:   /* branch instruction:                   */
             /* We just stopped because of a branch. Go on */
             break;
diff --git a/target/ppc/cpu.h b/target/ppc/cpu.h
index 99ee1e09b2..9e38df685d 100644
--- a/target/ppc/cpu.h
+++ b/target/ppc/cpu.h
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ enum {
     /* EOL                                                                   */
     POWERPC_EXCP_NB       = 103,
     /* QEMU exceptions: used internally during code translation              */
-    POWERPC_EXCP_STOP         = 0x200, /* stop translation                   */
     POWERPC_EXCP_BRANCH       = 0x201, /* branch instruction                 */
     /* QEMU exceptions: special cases we want to stop translation            */
     POWERPC_EXCP_SYSCALL_USER = 0x203, /* System call in user mode only      */
diff --git a/target/ppc/translate.c b/target/ppc/translate.c
index 060ef83bc0..f57b67be5f 100644
--- a/target/ppc/translate.c
+++ b/target/ppc/translate.c
@@ -369,13 +369,6 @@ static inline void gen_hvpriv_exception(DisasContext *ctx, uint32_t error)
     gen_exception_err(ctx, POWERPC_EXCP_HV_EMU, POWERPC_EXCP_PRIV | error);
 }
 
-/* Stop translation */
-static inline void gen_stop_exception(DisasContext *ctx)
-{
-    gen_update_nip(ctx, ctx->base.pc_next);
-    ctx->exception = POWERPC_EXCP_STOP;
-}
-
 /*****************************************************************************/
 /* SPR READ/WRITE CALLBACKS */
 
@@ -829,7 +822,7 @@ void spr_write_hid0_601(DisasContext *ctx, int sprn, int gprn)
 {
     gen_helper_store_hid0_601(cpu_env, cpu_gpr[gprn]);
     /* Must stop the translation as endianness may have changed */
-    gen_stop_exception(ctx);
+    ctx->base.is_jmp = DISAS_EXIT_UPDATE;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -877,7 +870,7 @@ void spr_write_40x_dbcr0(DisasContext *ctx, int sprn, int gprn)
     gen_store_spr(sprn, cpu_gpr[gprn]);
     gen_helper_store_40x_dbcr0(cpu_env, cpu_gpr[gprn]);
     /* We must stop translation as we may have rebooted */
-    gen_stop_exception(ctx);
+    ctx->base.is_jmp = DISAS_EXIT_UPDATE;
 }
 
 void spr_write_40x_sler(DisasContext *ctx, int sprn, int gprn)
@@ -4080,7 +4073,7 @@ static void gen_isync(DisasContext *ctx)
         gen_check_tlb_flush(ctx, false);
     }
     tcg_gen_mb(TCG_MO_ALL | TCG_BAR_SC);
-    gen_stop_exception(ctx);
+    ctx->base.is_jmp = DISAS_EXIT_UPDATE;
 }
 
 #define MEMOP_GET_SIZE(x)  (1 << ((x) & MO_SIZE))
@@ -5312,7 +5305,7 @@ static void gen_mtmsrd(DisasContext *ctx)
         gen_helper_store_msr(cpu_env, cpu_gpr[rS(ctx->opcode)]);
     }
     /* Must stop the translation as machine state (may have) changed */
-    gen_stop_exception(ctx);
+    ctx->base.is_jmp = DISAS_EXIT_UPDATE;
 #endif /* !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY) */
 }
 #endif /* defined(TARGET_PPC64) */
@@ -5355,7 +5348,7 @@ static void gen_mtmsr(DisasContext *ctx)
         tcg_temp_free(msr);
     }
     /* Must stop the translation as machine state (may have) changed */
-    gen_stop_exception(ctx);
+    ctx->base.is_jmp = DISAS_EXIT_UPDATE;
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -7492,7 +7485,7 @@ static void gen_wrtee(DisasContext *ctx)
      * Stop translation to have a chance to raise an exception if we
      * just set msr_ee to 1
      */
-    gen_stop_exception(ctx);
+    ctx->base.is_jmp = DISAS_EXIT_UPDATE;
 #endif /* defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY) */
 }
 
@@ -7506,7 +7499,7 @@ static void gen_wrteei(DisasContext *ctx)
     if (ctx->opcode & 0x00008000) {
         tcg_gen_ori_tl(cpu_msr, cpu_msr, (1 << MSR_EE));
         /* Stop translation to have a chance to raise an exception */
-        gen_stop_exception(ctx);
+        ctx->base.is_jmp = DISAS_EXIT_UPDATE;
     } else {
         tcg_gen_andi_tl(cpu_msr, cpu_msr, ~(1 << MSR_EE));
     }
@@ -9128,9 +9121,6 @@ static void ppc_tr_translate_insn(DisasContextBase *dcbase, CPUState *cs)
         case POWERPC_EXCP_BRANCH:
             ctx->base.is_jmp = DISAS_NORETURN;
             break;
-        case POWERPC_EXCP_STOP:
-            ctx->base.is_jmp = DISAS_EXIT;
-            break;
         default:
             /* Every other ctx->exception should have set NORETURN. */
             g_assert_not_reached();
