diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index 8e639d7cbda7..c737d554571a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/root_dev.h>
-#include <linux/cpuidle.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/kexec.h>
 
@@ -356,29 +355,24 @@ early_initcall(alloc_dispatch_log_kmem_cache);
 
 static void pseries_lpar_idle(void)
 {
-	/* This would call on the cpuidle framework, and the back-end pseries
-	 * driver to  go to idle states
+	/*
+	 * Default handler to go into low thread priority and possibly
+	 * low power mode by cedeing processor to hypervisor
 	 */
-	if (cpuidle_idle_call()) {
-		/* On error, execute default handler
-		 * to go into low thread priority and possibly
-		 * low power mode by cedeing processor to hypervisor
-		 */
 
-		/* Indicate to hypervisor that we are idle. */
-		get_lppaca()->idle = 1;
+	/* Indicate to hypervisor that we are idle. */
+	get_lppaca()->idle = 1;
 
-		/*
-		 * Yield the processor to the hypervisor.  We return if
-		 * an external interrupt occurs (which are driven prior
-		 * to returning here) or if a prod occurs from another
-		 * processor. When returning here, external interrupts
-		 * are enabled.
-		 */
-		cede_processor();
+	/*
+	 * Yield the processor to the hypervisor.  We return if
+	 * an external interrupt occurs (which are driven prior
+	 * to returning here) or if a prod occurs from another
+	 * processor. When returning here, external interrupts
+	 * are enabled.
+	 */
+	cede_processor();
 
-		get_lppaca()->idle = 0;
-	}
+	get_lppaca()->idle = 0;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
index 7ab564aa0b1c..d4864892951b 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ static struct cpuidle_state *cpuidle_state_table;
 
 static inline void idle_loop_prolog(unsigned long *in_purr)
 {
+	ppc64_runlatch_off();
 	*in_purr = mfspr(SPRN_PURR);
 	/*
 	 * Indicate to the HV that we are idle. Now would be
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ static inline void idle_loop_epilog(unsigned long in_purr)
 	wait_cycles += mfspr(SPRN_PURR) - in_purr;
 	get_lppaca()->wait_state_cycles = cpu_to_be64(wait_cycles);
 	get_lppaca()->idle = 0;
+
+	if (irqs_disabled())
+		local_irq_enable();
+	ppc64_runlatch_on();
 }
 
 static int snooze_loop(struct cpuidle_device *dev,