diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index f38d153d2586..0bc53f0e37c0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ config PPC
 	select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
 	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF		if PPC64
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
+	select ARCH_WANT_IRQS_OFF_ACTIVATE_MM
 	select ARCH_WEAK_RELEASE_ACQUIRE
 	select BINFMT_ELF
 	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index ae953958c0f3..d93bdcaa4a46 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static inline void switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
  */
 static inline void activate_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next)
 {
-	switch_mm(prev, next, current);
+	switch_mm_irqs_off(prev, next, current);
 }
 
 /* We don't currently use enter_lazy_tlb() for anything */