diff --git a/src/arch/power/faults.hh b/src/arch/power/faults.hh
index eadcb7900..0f49cc85d 100644
--- a/src/arch/power/faults.hh
+++ b/src/arch/power/faults.hh
@@ -76,6 +76,22 @@ class MachineCheckFault : public PowerFault
 };
 
 
+class AlignmentFault : public PowerFault
+{
+  public:
+    AlignmentFault()
+        : PowerFault("Alignment")
+    {
+    }
+
+    bool
+    isAlignmentFault() const
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+};
+
+
 static inline Fault
 genMachineCheckFault()
 {
diff --git a/src/arch/power/tlb.cc b/src/arch/power/tlb.cc
index 125c92a1a..292f13078 100644
--- a/src/arch/power/tlb.cc
+++ b/src/arch/power/tlb.cc
@@ -281,9 +281,27 @@ TLB::regStats()
 }
 
 Fault
-TLB::translateAtomic(RequestPtr req, ThreadContext *tc, Mode mode)
+TLB::translateInst(RequestPtr req, ThreadContext *tc)
+{
+    // Instruction accesses must be word-aligned
+    if (req->getVaddr() & 0x3) {
+        DPRINTF(TLB, "Alignment Fault on %#x, size = %d\n", req->getVaddr(),
+                req->getSize());
+        return new AlignmentFault();
+    }
+
+     Process * p = tc->getProcessPtr();
+
+     Fault fault = p->pTable->translate(req);
+    if (fault != NoFault)
+        return fault;
+
+    return NoFault;
+}
+
+Fault
+TLB::translateData(RequestPtr req, ThreadContext *tc, bool write)
 {
-#if !FULL_SYSTEM
     Process * p = tc->getProcessPtr();
 
     Fault fault = p->pTable->translate(req);
@@ -291,6 +309,16 @@ TLB::translateAtomic(RequestPtr req, ThreadContext *tc, Mode mode)
         return fault;
 
     return NoFault;
+}
+
+Fault
+TLB::translateAtomic(RequestPtr req, ThreadContext *tc, Mode mode)
+{
+#if !FULL_SYSTEM
+    if (mode == Execute)
+        return translateInst(req, tc);
+    else
+        return translateData(req, tc, mode == Write);
 #else
   fatal("translate atomic not yet implemented\n");
 #endif
diff --git a/src/arch/power/tlb.hh b/src/arch/power/tlb.hh
index 8b6c7233d..1794de626 100644
--- a/src/arch/power/tlb.hh
+++ b/src/arch/power/tlb.hh
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ class TLB : public BaseTLB
     // static helper functions... really
     static bool validVirtualAddress(Addr vaddr);
     static Fault checkCacheability(RequestPtr &req);
+    Fault translateInst(RequestPtr req, ThreadContext *tc);
+    Fault translateData(RequestPtr req, ThreadContext *tc, bool write);
     Fault translateAtomic(RequestPtr req, ThreadContext *tc, Mode mode);
     void translateTiming(RequestPtr req, ThreadContext *tc,
                          Translation *translation, Mode mode);