diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
@@ -15474,6 +15474,8 @@
 
 bool PPCTargetLowering::isFMAFasterThanFMulAndFAdd(const Function &F,
                                                    Type *Ty) const {
+  if (Subtarget.hasSPE())
+    return false;
   switch (Ty->getScalarType()->getTypeID()) {
   case Type::FloatTyID:
   case Type::DoubleTyID: