diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
index 9519e6bdc6d75c324334bf4f0f52dd6da9d9bbcc..cf8c1b55e6c8643e0bbe4c1fc7db7972460256d4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
@@ -59,14 +59,13 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_REAL_LE)				\
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE)
 	/*
-	 * We can't branch directly; in the direct case we use LR
-	 * and system_call_entry restores LR.  (We thus need to move
-	 * LR to r10 in the RFID case too.)
+	 * We can't branch directly so we do it via the CTR which
+	 * is volatile across system calls.
 	 */
 #define SYSCALL_PSERIES_2_DIRECT				\
 	mflr	r10 ;						\
 	ld	r12,PACAKBASE(r13) ; 				\
-	LOAD_HANDLER(r12, system_call_entry_direct) ;		\
+	LOAD_HANDLER(r12, system_call_entry) ;			\
 	mtctr	r12 ;						\
 	mfspr	r12,SPRN_SRR1 ;					\
 	/* Re-use of r13... No spare regs to do this */	\
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_REAL_LE)				\
 	mfspr	r12,SPRN_SRR1 ;					\
 	li	r10,MSR_RI ;					\
 	mtmsrd 	r10,1 ;			/* Set RI (EE=0) */	\
-	b	system_call_entry_direct ;
+	b	system_call_entry ;
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -969,13 +968,6 @@ hv_facility_unavailable_relon_trampoline:
 __end_interrupts:
 
 	.align	7
-system_call_entry_direct:
-#if defined(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE)
-	/* The first level prologue may have used LR to get here, saving
-	 * orig in r10.  To save hacking/ifdeffing common code, restore here.
-	 */
-	mtlr	r10
-#endif
 system_call_entry:
 	b	system_call_common