diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ef3eef23d..ff8af7656 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ are not entered into bugzilla tend to get forgotten about or ignored.
 447995  Valgrind segfault on power10 due to hwcap checking code
 449483  Powerpc: vcmpgtsq., vcmpgtuq,, vcmpequq. instructions not setting the
         condition code correctly.
+449672  ppc64 --track-origins=yes failures because of bad cmov addHRegUse
 
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   https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=XXXXXX
diff --git a/VEX/priv/host_ppc_defs.c b/VEX/priv/host_ppc_defs.c
index 3ae0f6e08..4222b4786 100644
--- a/VEX/priv/host_ppc_defs.c
+++ b/VEX/priv/host_ppc_defs.c
@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@ void getRegUsage_PPCInstr ( HRegUsage* u, const PPCInstr* i, Bool mode64 )
       return;
    case Pin_CMov:
       addRegUsage_PPCRI(u,  i->Pin.CMov.src);
-      addHRegUse(u, HRmWrite, i->Pin.CMov.dst);
+      addHRegUse(u, HRmModify, i->Pin.CMov.dst);
       return;
    case Pin_Load:
       addRegUsage_PPCAMode(u, i->Pin.Load.src);