diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
index 306a9d07491de3ea786695ba205472c1155589d0..07fe5b69b9e25f8c1c930c18a28a29920e525c89 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ config LPARCFG
 	help
 	Provide system capacity information via human readable
 	<key word>=<value> pairs through a /proc/ppc64/lparcfg interface.
+
+config PPC_PSERIES_DEBUG
+	depends on PPC_PSERIES && PPC_EARLY_DEBUG
+	bool "Enable extra debug logging in platforms/pseries"
+	default y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile
index bdae04bb7a0157048b24f64ff3f1f05a883976e6..bd2593ed28dd2f3c002a617b363707295cd2f2b6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_PPC64),y)
 EXTRA_CFLAGS		+= -mno-minimal-toc
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES_DEBUG),y)
+EXTRA_CFLAGS		+= -DDEBUG
+endif
+
 obj-y			:= lpar.o hvCall.o nvram.o reconfig.o \
 			   setup.o iommu.o ras.o rtasd.o \
 			   firmware.o power.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c
index 550b2f7d2cc1ee8ed59b5a91f0a334f3402be80e..a3fd56b186e6063284306e37339a9a7cc7f8349d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include <asm/ppc-pci.h>
 #include <asm/rtas.h>
 
-#undef DEBUG
 
 /** Overview:
  *  EEH, or "Extended Error Handling" is a PCI bridge technology for
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_cache.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_cache.c
index 1e83fcd0df312a3a9e41d146566ade3143eafdea..ce37040af870856271deecd0de2c0c42af32457e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_cache.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_cache.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <asm/pci-bridge.h>
 #include <asm/ppc-pci.h>
 
-#undef DEBUG
 
 /**
  * The pci address cache subsystem.  This subsystem places
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/firmware.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/firmware.c
index 743d494c06dd0d9d20798237f9ee273ab22aee2c..9d3a40f459747c2ab8077a21a23cb794893f9652 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/firmware.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/firmware.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
  * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 
-#undef DEBUG
 
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c
index a1ab25c7082f1031343d492445c37ce3845580dd..2b548afd10031166166d77f58ae9939be0a6ae1a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ static int ras_check_exception_token;
 static irqreturn_t ras_epow_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id);
 static irqreturn_t ras_error_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id);
 
-/* #define DEBUG */
-
 
 static void request_ras_irqs(struct device_node *np,
 			irq_handler_t handler,
@@ -237,7 +235,7 @@ static irqreturn_t ras_error_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		printk(KERN_EMERG "Error: Fatal hardware error <0x%lx 0x%x>\n",
 		       *((unsigned long *)&ras_log_buf), status);
 
-#ifndef DEBUG
+#ifndef DEBUG_RTAS_POWER_OFF
 		/* Don't actually power off when debugging so we can test
 		 * without actually failing while injecting errors.
 		 * Error data will not be logged to syslog.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index 65e87951eda332b9cb362378af04fc654be8f2c3..f5d29f5b13c1b0afb1ec3f67e3fb9eabd6c4a2f2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
  * bootup setup stuff..
  */
 
-#undef DEBUG
-
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/smp.c
index e9bc2a528e5d7806d7c661e5a9224870a2abb689..9d8f8c84ab8900e0d661118addbc551bb2c3714d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/smp.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
  *      2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 
-#undef DEBUG
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/xics.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/xics.c
index 43df53c30aa079cd390f6dd06ac9ccd47d9f0a10..ebebc28fe89545c8658c6410bb70203fe51bcda3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/xics.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/xics.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  *  2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 
-#undef DEBUG
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/threads.h>