diff --git a/target/ppc/translate.c b/target/ppc/translate.c
index ac0c0e5b2c..18f581e495 100644
--- a/target/ppc/translate.c
+++ b/target/ppc/translate.c
@@ -9225,7 +9225,6 @@ static void ppc_tr_translate_insn(DisasContextBase *dcbase, CPUState *cs)
     /* Check trace mode exceptions */
     if (unlikely(ctx->singlestep_enabled & CPU_SINGLE_STEP &&
                  (ctx->base.pc_next <= 0x100 || ctx->base.pc_next > 0xF00) &&
-                 ctx->exception != POWERPC_SYSCALL &&
                  ctx->exception != POWERPC_EXCP_TRAP &&
                  ctx->exception != POWERPC_EXCP_BRANCH &&
                  ctx->base.is_jmp != DISAS_NORETURN)) {