diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
index 9a87b4401a416dc39e89bb530e11d5cd272905c5..40157e2ca6914467cddae0225070d8582ad0861c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ extern int opal_enter_rtas(struct rtas_args *args,
 #define OPAL_FLASH_UPDATE			78
 #define OPAL_GET_MSG				85
 #define OPAL_CHECK_ASYNC_COMPLETION		86
+#define OPAL_SYNC_HOST_REBOOT			87
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
@@ -828,6 +829,7 @@ int64_t opal_update_flash(uint64_t blk_list);
 
 int64_t opal_get_msg(uint64_t buffer, size_t size);
 int64_t opal_check_completion(uint64_t buffer, size_t size, uint64_t token);
+int64_t opal_sync_host_reboot(void);
 
 /* Internal functions */
 extern int early_init_dt_scan_opal(unsigned long node, const char *uname, int depth, void *data);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S
index 719aa5c325c65121c9a826a3cefc3e59ec014f47..3e8829c40fbbfc436adb206fb297b82ea7385e89 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@ OPAL_CALL(opal_manage_flash,			OPAL_FLASH_MANAGE);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_update_flash,			OPAL_FLASH_UPDATE);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_get_msg,				OPAL_GET_MSG);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_check_completion,		OPAL_CHECK_ASYNC_COMPLETION);
+OPAL_CALL(opal_sync_host_reboot,		OPAL_SYNC_HOST_REBOOT);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
index 7a184a0ff18371c717ed705d2a2f021b65eec8f3..65499adaecff2a1e2367612ece5e051028e38634 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <asm/opal.h>
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
 #include <asm/mce.h>
@@ -482,10 +483,25 @@ subsys_initcall(opal_init);
 void opal_shutdown(void)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
+	long rc = OPAL_BUSY;
 
+	/* First free interrupts, which will also mask them */
 	for (i = 0; i < opal_irq_count; i++) {
 		if (opal_irqs[i])
 			free_irq(opal_irqs[i], NULL);
 		opal_irqs[i] = 0;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Then sync with OPAL which ensure anything that can
+	 * potentially write to our memory has completed such
+	 * as an ongoing dump retrieval
+	 */
+	while (rc == OPAL_BUSY || rc == OPAL_BUSY_EVENT) {
+		rc = opal_sync_host_reboot();
+		if (rc == OPAL_BUSY)
+			opal_poll_events(NULL);
+		else
+			mdelay(10);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
index 19884b2a51b4743f78a9389f22e8588e228616d7..a932feb2901c74df383aa7114b256ed57007b677 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
@@ -145,8 +145,10 @@ static void pnv_shutdown(void)
 	/* Let the PCI code clear up IODA tables */
 	pnv_pci_shutdown();
 
-	/* And unregister all OPAL interrupts so they don't fire
-	 * up while we kexec
+	/*
+	 * Stop OPAL activity: Unregister all OPAL interrupts so they
+	 * don't fire up while we kexec and make sure all potentially
+	 * DMA'ing ops are complete (such as dump retrieval).
 	 */
 	opal_shutdown();
 }