diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
index 9ed4931af1641253cce9dfce6c52fd6deb91c230..068377a2a8dc021b008f7cb56d3d82b2e94994cb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ void local_irq_restore(unsigned long en)
 		lv1_get_version_info(&tmp);
 	}
 
-	hard_irq_enable();
+	__hard_irq_enable();
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/swsusp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/swsusp.c
index 064a7ba4f02c0a43e87e6ee68f96ab2ebf63f426..77b7b34b5955f0d6453e829b75454f0df145da9c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/swsusp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/swsusp.c
@@ -36,8 +36,4 @@ void restore_processor_state(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
 	set_context(current->active_mm->context.id, current->active_mm->pgd);
 #endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
-	hard_irq_enable();
-#endif
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/pervasive.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/pervasive.c
index 8c20f0fb8651f23b204f455bbf75a23581bef746..812bf563ed6509aebeb51606fe8fa068c411bc5c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/pervasive.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/pervasive.c
@@ -43,12 +43,10 @@ static void cbe_power_save(void)
 	unsigned long ctrl, thread_switch_control;
 
 	/*
-	 * We need to hard disable interrupts, but we also need to mark them
-	 * hard disabled in the PACA so that the local_irq_enable() done by
-	 * our caller upon return propertly hard enables.
+	 * We need to hard disable interrupts, the local_irq_enable() done by
+	 * our caller upon return will hard re-enable.
 	 */
 	hard_irq_disable();
-	get_paca()->hard_enabled = 0;
 
 	ctrl = mfspr(SPRN_CTRLF);
 
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/hw_irq.h b/include/asm-powerpc/hw_irq.h
index 9e4dd98eb220ca65a409ffe475bc59a762f84f55..a7b60bf639e0896f5b1099ee29c664c20fa0d33a 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/hw_irq.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/hw_irq.h
@@ -48,8 +48,15 @@ extern void iseries_handle_interrupts(void);
 
 #define irqs_disabled()		(local_get_flags() == 0)
 
-#define hard_irq_enable()	__mtmsrd(mfmsr() | MSR_EE, 1)
-#define hard_irq_disable()	__mtmsrd(mfmsr() & ~MSR_EE, 1)
+#define __hard_irq_enable()	__mtmsrd(mfmsr() | MSR_EE, 1)
+#define __hard_irq_disable()	__mtmsrd(mfmsr() & ~MSR_EE, 1)
+
+#define  hard_irq_disable()			\
+	do {					\
+		__hard_irq_disable();		\
+		get_paca()->soft_enabled = 0;	\
+		get_paca()->hard_enabled = 0;	\
+	} while(0)
 
 #else