diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index c855bccadc..6c5c2effbf 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -1424,8 +1424,7 @@ void cpu_loop (CPUSPARCState *env)
 #ifdef TARGET_PPC
 static inline uint64_t cpu_ppc_get_tb(CPUPPCState *env)
 {
-    /* TO FIX */
-    return 0;
+    return cpu_get_real_ticks();
 }
 
 uint64_t cpu_ppc_load_tbl(CPUPPCState *env)