diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
index bcfc0da2cef17c311b7f563c0d358850d1e8f14e..578d3309e1092c2e7c50dcb11b03dd8b24c33062 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
@@ -266,7 +266,6 @@ struct machdep_calls {
 
 extern void e500_idle(void);
 extern void power4_idle(void);
-extern void power4_cpu_offline_powersave(void);
 extern void ppc6xx_idle(void);
 extern void book3e_idle(void);
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index 782f23df7c85495714c85353ace0aca1d146a0cf..271140b38b6f9d5867c66b23bf6b6e4d6642314a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -536,6 +536,13 @@ _GLOBAL(pmac_secondary_start)
 	add	r13,r13,r4		/* for this processor.		*/
 	mtspr	SPRN_SPRG_PACA,r13	/* Save vaddr of paca in an SPRG*/
 
+	/* Mark interrupts soft and hard disabled (they might be enabled
+	 * in the PACA when doing hotplug)
+	 */
+	li	r0,0
+	stb	r0,PACASOFTIRQEN(r13)
+	stb	r0,PACAHARDIRQEN(r13)
+
 	/* Create a temp kernel stack for use before relocation is on.	*/
 	ld	r1,PACAEMERGSP(r13)
 	subi	r1,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_power4.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_power4.S
index 5328709eeedcf952b3fa32445f8a6aea1c3e82cb..ba3195478600998a72bbdbabeaf7761963a435ed 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_power4.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_power4.S
@@ -53,24 +53,3 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC)
 	isync
 	b	1b
 
-_GLOBAL(power4_cpu_offline_powersave)
-	/* Go to NAP now */
-	mfmsr	r7
-	rldicl	r0,r7,48,1
-	rotldi	r0,r0,16
-	mtmsrd	r0,1			/* hard-disable interrupts */
-	li	r0,1
-	li	r6,0
-	stb	r0,PACAHARDIRQEN(r13)	/* we'll hard-enable shortly */
-	stb	r6,PACASOFTIRQEN(r13)	/* soft-disable irqs */
-BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
-	DSSALL
-	sync
-END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC)
-	ori	r7,r7,MSR_EE
-	oris	r7,r7,MSR_POW@h
-	sync
-	isync
-	mtmsrd	r7
-	isync
-	blr
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c
index 53bee660ff3d0439b98ebc5ea08bfa61b82d4217..837989e72ca18afef2fe3b029049324e0372f8a5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c
@@ -916,18 +916,20 @@ static void pmac_cpu_die(void)
 	preempt_enable();
 
 	/*
-	 * hard-disable interrupts for the non-NAP case, the NAP code
-	 * needs to re-enable interrupts (but soft-disables them)
+	 * Re-enable interrupts. The NAP code needs to enable them
+	 * anyways, do it now so we deal with the case where one already
+	 * happened while soft-disabled.
+	 * We shouldn't get any external interrupts, only decrementer, and the
+	 * decrementer handler is safe for use on offline CPUs
 	 */
-	hard_irq_disable();
+	local_irq_enable();
 
 	while (1) {
 		/* let's not take timer interrupts too often ... */
 		set_dec(0x7fffffff);
 
-		/* should always be true at this point */
-		if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_CAN_NAP))
-			power4_cpu_offline_powersave();
+		/* Enter NAP mode */
+		power4_idle();
 	}
 }