diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/Disassembler/PPCDisassembler.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/Disassembler/PPCDisassembler.cpp
index 47586c417cfe3..70e619cc22b19 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/Disassembler/PPCDisassembler.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/Disassembler/PPCDisassembler.cpp
@@ -185,9 +185,6 @@ DecodeG8RC_NOX0RegisterClass(MCInst &Inst, uint64_t RegNo, uint64_t Address,
   return decodeRegisterClass(Inst, RegNo, XRegsNoX0);
 }
 
-#define DecodePointerLikeRegClass0 DecodeGPRCRegisterClass
-#define DecodePointerLikeRegClass1 DecodeGPRC_NOR0RegisterClass
-
 static DecodeStatus DecodeSPERCRegisterClass(MCInst &Inst, uint64_t RegNo,
                                              uint64_t Address,
                                              const MCDisassembler *Decoder) {
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPC.td b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPC.td
index 386d0f65d1ed1..d491e88b66ad8 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPC.td
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPC.td
@@ -394,6 +394,12 @@ def NotAIX : Predicate<"!Subtarget->isAIXABI()">;
 def IsISAFuture : Predicate<"Subtarget->isISAFuture()">;
 def IsNotISAFuture : Predicate<"!Subtarget->isISAFuture()">;
 
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// HwModes
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+defvar PPC32 = DefaultMode;
+def PPC64 : HwMode<[In64BitMode]>;
 
 // Since new processors generally contain a superset of features of those that
 // came before them, the idea is to make implementations of new processors
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstrInfo.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstrInfo.cpp
index db066bc4b7bdd..55e38bcf4afc9 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstrInfo.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstrInfo.cpp
@@ -2142,33 +2142,23 @@ bool PPCInstrInfo::onlyFoldImmediate(MachineInstr &UseMI, MachineInstr &DefMI,
   assert(UseIdx < UseMI.getNumOperands() && "Cannot find Reg in UseMI");
   assert(UseIdx < UseMCID.getNumOperands() && "No operand description for Reg");
 
-  const MCOperandInfo *UseInfo = &UseMCID.operands()[UseIdx];
-
   // We can fold the zero if this register requires a GPRC_NOR0/G8RC_NOX0
   // register (which might also be specified as a pointer class kind).
-  if (UseInfo->isLookupPtrRegClass()) {
-    if (UseInfo->RegClass /* Kind */ != 1)
-      return false;
-  } else {
-    if (UseInfo->RegClass != PPC::GPRC_NOR0RegClassID &&
-        UseInfo->RegClass != PPC::G8RC_NOX0RegClassID)
-      return false;
-  }
+
+  const MCOperandInfo &UseInfo = UseMCID.operands()[UseIdx];
+  int16_t RegClass = getOpRegClassID(UseInfo);
+  if (UseInfo.RegClass != PPC::GPRC_NOR0RegClassID &&
+      UseInfo.RegClass != PPC::G8RC_NOX0RegClassID)
+    return false;
 
   // Make sure this is not tied to an output register (or otherwise
   // constrained). This is true for ST?UX registers, for example, which
   // are tied to their output registers.
-  if (UseInfo->Constraints != 0)
+  if (UseInfo.Constraints != 0)
     return false;
 
-  MCRegister ZeroReg;
-  if (UseInfo->isLookupPtrRegClass()) {
-    bool isPPC64 = Subtarget.isPPC64();
-    ZeroReg = isPPC64 ? PPC::ZERO8 : PPC::ZERO;
-  } else {
-    ZeroReg = UseInfo->RegClass == PPC::G8RC_NOX0RegClassID ?
-              PPC::ZERO8 : PPC::ZERO;
-  }
+  MCRegister ZeroReg =
+      RegClass == PPC::G8RC_NOX0RegClassID ? PPC::ZERO8 : PPC::ZERO;
 
   LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Folded immediate zero for: ");
   LLVM_DEBUG(UseMI.dump());
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCRegisterInfo.td b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCRegisterInfo.td
index 8b690b7b833b3..6d8c1223adf78 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCRegisterInfo.td
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCRegisterInfo.td
@@ -868,7 +868,12 @@ def crbitm: Operand<i8> {
 def PPCRegGxRCNoR0Operand : AsmOperandClass {
   let Name = "RegGxRCNoR0"; let PredicateMethod = "isRegNumber";
 }
-def ptr_rc_nor0 : Operand<iPTR>, PointerLikeRegClass<1> {
+
+def ptr_rc_nor0_by_hwmode : RegClassByHwMode<
+  [PPC32, PPC64],
+  [GPRC_NOR0, G8RC_NOX0]>;
+
+def ptr_rc_nor0 : RegisterOperand<ptr_rc_nor0_by_hwmode> {
   let ParserMatchClass = PPCRegGxRCNoR0Operand;
 }
 
@@ -902,7 +907,11 @@ def memri34_pcrel : Operand<iPTR> { // memri, imm is a 34-bit value.
 def PPCRegGxRCOperand : AsmOperandClass {
   let Name = "RegGxRC"; let PredicateMethod = "isRegNumber";
 }
-def ptr_rc_idx : Operand<iPTR>, PointerLikeRegClass<0> {
+
+def ptr_rc_idx_by_hwmode : RegClassByHwMode<[PPC32, PPC64],
+                                            [GPRC, G8RC]>;
+
+def ptr_rc_idx : RegisterOperand<ptr_rc_idx_by_hwmode> {
   let ParserMatchClass = PPCRegGxRCOperand;
 }