diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 729301f75e..5438ff1455 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2019-06-19  Stan Shebs  <stanshebs@google.com>
+	    Raoni Fassina Firmino  <raoni@linux.ibm.com>
+
+	[BZ #24640]
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/get_timebase_freq.c
+	[!SHARED] (__get_timebase_freq): Fix sense of a test in the
+	static-linking version.
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/Makefile
+	(tests-static): Add test-gettimebasefreq-static.
+	(tests): Likewise.
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/test-gettimebasefreq-static.c:
+	New file.
+
 2019-06-19  Rafal Luzynski  <digitalfreak@lingonborough.com>
 
 	[BZ #24614]
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/Makefile
index 19ac59d862..1596238afa 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(subdir),misc)
 sysdep_headers += bits/ppc.h
 sysdep_routines += get_timebase_freq
+tests-static += test-gettimebasefreq-static
+tests += $(tests-static)
 tests += test-gettimebasefreq
 tests += test-powerpc-linux-sysconf
 endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/get_timebase_freq.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/get_timebase_freq.c
index 23e7694d87..c245e97526 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/get_timebase_freq.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/get_timebase_freq.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ __get_timebase_freq (void)
      timebase        : 33333333
      We search for this line and convert the number into an integer.  */
   int fd = __open_nocancel ("/proc/cpuinfo", O_RDONLY);
-  if (__glibc_likely (fd != -1))
+  if (__glibc_unlikely (fd == -1))
     return result;
 
   /* The timebase will be in the 1st 1024 bytes for systems with up
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/test-gettimebasefreq-static.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/test-gettimebasefreq-static.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58b4eee98d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/test-gettimebasefreq-static.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* Check __ppc_get_timebase_freq() for architecture changes
+   Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include "test-gettimebasefreq.c"