diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstrInfo.td b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstrInfo.td
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstrInfo.td
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstrInfo.td
@@ -2570,7 +2570,7 @@
 let PPC970_Unit = 3, Predicates = [HasFPU] in {  // FPU Operations.
 //def FCMPO  : XForm_17<63, 32, (outs CRRC:$crD), (ins FPRC:$fA, FPRC:$fB),
 //                      "fcmpo $crD, $fA, $fB", IIC_FPCompare>;
-let isCompare = 1, hasSideEffects = 0 in {
+let isCompare = 1, mayRaiseFPException = 1, hasSideEffects = 0 in {
   def FCMPUS : XForm_17<63, 0, (outs crrc:$crD), (ins f4rc:$fA, f4rc:$fB),
                         "fcmpu $crD, $fA, $fB", IIC_FPCompare>;
   let Interpretation64Bit = 1, isCodeGenOnly = 1 in