diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
index 32b394f3b8541bbd4f91d4257f6cc5c8926fd05c..6eb75b80488c8e613af39746fa2cbc8f96888b3c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ static inline void hard_irq_disable(void)
 /* include/linux/interrupt.h needs hard_irq_disable to be a macro */
 #define hard_irq_disable	hard_irq_disable
 
+static inline bool lazy_irq_pending(void)
+{
+	return !!(get_paca()->irq_happened & ~PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS);
+}
+
 /*
  * This is called by asynchronous interrupts to conditionally
  * re-enable hard interrupts when soft-disabled after having
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/processor_idle.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/processor_idle.c
index 41a34bc4a9a2903e3d9bb747176cfde009f16435..e61483e8e96083b14d92430bae3f463947635fa8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/processor_idle.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/processor_idle.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static void check_and_cede_processor(void)
 	 * we first hard disable then check.
 	 */
 	hard_irq_disable();
-	if (get_paca()->irq_happened == 0)
+	if (!lazy_irq_pending())
 		cede_processor();
 }