Index: lib/libc/powerpc64/string/bcopy.S
===================================================================
--- lib/libc/powerpc64/string/bcopy.S
+++ lib/libc/powerpc64/string/bcopy.S
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
 #define BLOCK_SIZE			(1 << BLOCK_SIZE_BITS)
 #define BLOCK_SIZE_MASK			(BLOCK_SIZE - 1)
 
+/* Minimum 8 byte alignment, to avoid cache-inhibited alignment faults.*/
+#ifndef ALIGN_MASK
+#define ALIGN_MASK			0x7
+#endif
+
 #define MULTI_PHASE_THRESHOLD		512
 
 #ifndef FN_NAME
@@ -67,8 +72,14 @@
 #endif
 
 	cmpldi	%r5, MULTI_PHASE_THRESHOLD
-	bge	.Lmulti_phase
-
+	blt	.Lavoid_vsx
+	/*check if aligned. if aligned, go to multi_phase*/
+	andi. %r8, %r3, ALIGN_MASK
+	andi. %r7, %r4, ALIGN_MASK
+	cmpd %r8, %r7
+	beq	.Lmulti_phase
+
+.Lavoid_vsx:
 	/* align src */
 	cmpd	%r4, %r3		/* forward or backward copy? */
 	blt	.Lbackward_align