diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h
index 548da3aa0a303a3f2065127d079b280c6264d14f..d58fc4e4149cb11c69abf8cb462c7e7021cf822a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h
@@ -288,13 +288,6 @@ label##_hv:								\
 /* Exception addition: Hard disable interrupts */
 #define DISABLE_INTS	SOFT_DISABLE_INTS(r10,r11)
 
-/* Exception addition: Keep interrupt state */
-#define ENABLE_INTS				\
-	ld	r11,PACAKMSR(r13);		\
-	ld	r12,_MSR(r1);			\
-	rlwimi	r11,r12,0,MSR_EE;		\
-	mtmsrd	r11,1
-
 #define ADD_NVGPRS				\
 	bl	.save_nvgprs
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
index cb705fdbb4583b6b162c9c2cb8991be43525eea4..8f880bc77c56a2a8cd811ca19a21677778856130 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
@@ -768,8 +768,8 @@ alignment_common:
 	std	r3,_DAR(r1)
 	std	r4,_DSISR(r1)
 	bl	.save_nvgprs
+	DISABLE_INTS
 	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
-	ENABLE_INTS
 	bl	.alignment_exception
 	b	.ret_from_except
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index 6aa0c663e247fe1417a1bef2eb2479204082ce09..158972341a2d7a66da48c32878fdc0842b2a4feb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ void _exception(int signr, struct pt_regs *regs, int code, unsigned long addr)
 				   addr, regs->nip, regs->link, code);
 	}
 
-	if (!arch_irq_disabled_regs(regs))
+	if (arch_irqs_disabled() && !arch_irq_disabled_regs(regs))
 		local_irq_enable();
 
 	memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
@@ -1019,7 +1019,9 @@ void __kprobes program_check_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	local_irq_enable();
+	/* We restore the interrupt state now */
+	if (!arch_irq_disabled_regs(regs))
+		local_irq_enable();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION
 	/* (reason & REASON_ILLEGAL) would be the obvious thing here,
@@ -1069,6 +1071,10 @@ void alignment_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	int sig, code, fixed = 0;
 
+	/* We restore the interrupt state now */
+	if (!arch_irq_disabled_regs(regs))
+		local_irq_enable();
+
 	/* we don't implement logging of alignment exceptions */
 	if (!(current->thread.align_ctl & PR_UNALIGN_SIGBUS))
 		fixed = fix_alignment(regs);