diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 0a90fa44f555aedb530d7455ac53efc039ad4a07..7a6a00a41b127da42d644639148059fca584f2af 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -147,12 +147,21 @@ static inline struct kvm_vcpu *next_runnable_thread(struct kvmppc_vcore *vc,
 
 static bool kvmppc_ipi_thread(int cpu)
 {
+	unsigned long msg = PPC_DBELL_TYPE(PPC_DBELL_SERVER);
+
+	/* On POWER9 we can use msgsnd to IPI any cpu */
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300)) {
+		msg |= get_hard_smp_processor_id(cpu);
+		smp_mb();
+		__asm__ __volatile__ (PPC_MSGSND(%0) : : "r" (msg));
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	/* On POWER8 for IPIs to threads in the same core, use msgsnd */
 	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S)) {
 		preempt_disable();
 		if (cpu_first_thread_sibling(cpu) ==
 		    cpu_first_thread_sibling(smp_processor_id())) {
-			unsigned long msg = PPC_DBELL_TYPE(PPC_DBELL_SERVER);
 			msg |= cpu_thread_in_core(cpu);
 			smp_mb();
 			__asm__ __volatile__ (PPC_MSGSND(%0) : : "r" (msg));
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_builtin.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_builtin.c
index 90a0b274e699e4859466a23e008d62b405e4dada..e1e1ead1abb523146efc0f1d9fb323c22ded80ec 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_builtin.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_builtin.c
@@ -206,12 +206,18 @@ static inline void rm_writeb(unsigned long paddr, u8 val)
 void kvmhv_rm_send_ipi(int cpu)
 {
 	unsigned long xics_phys;
+	unsigned long msg = PPC_DBELL_TYPE(PPC_DBELL_SERVER);
 
-	/* On POWER8 for IPIs to threads in the same core, use msgsnd */
+	/* On POWER9 we can use msgsnd for any destination cpu. */
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300)) {
+		msg |= get_hard_smp_processor_id(cpu);
+		__asm__ __volatile__ (PPC_MSGSND(%0) : : "r" (msg));
+		return;
+	}
+	/* On POWER8 for IPIs to threads in the same core, use msgsnd. */
 	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S) &&
 	    cpu_first_thread_sibling(cpu) ==
 	    cpu_first_thread_sibling(raw_smp_processor_id())) {
-		unsigned long msg = PPC_DBELL_TYPE(PPC_DBELL_SERVER);
 		msg |= cpu_thread_in_core(cpu);
 		__asm__ __volatile__ (PPC_MSGSND(%0) : : "r" (msg));
 		return;