diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
index 61cf8fa9c61b50489009b94c99c993fffaddde28..8723d32632f55b6eb49b25d55711140f60a95fe7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
@@ -162,18 +162,62 @@ static void pnv_shutdown(void)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
+static void pnv_kexec_wait_secondaries_down(void)
+{
+	int my_cpu, i, notified = -1;
+
+	my_cpu = get_cpu();
+
+	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
+		uint8_t status;
+		int64_t rc;
+
+		if (i == my_cpu)
+			continue;
+
+		for (;;) {
+			rc = opal_query_cpu_status(get_hard_smp_processor_id(i),
+						   &status);
+			if (rc != OPAL_SUCCESS || status != OPAL_THREAD_STARTED)
+				break;
+			barrier();
+			if (i != notified) {
+				printk(KERN_INFO "kexec: waiting for cpu %d "
+				       "(physical %d) to enter OPAL\n",
+				       i, paca[i].hw_cpu_id);
+				notified = i;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 static void pnv_kexec_cpu_down(int crash_shutdown, int secondary)
 {
 	xics_kexec_teardown_cpu(secondary);
 
-	/* Return secondary CPUs to firmware on OPAL v3 */
-	if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_OPALv3) && secondary) {
+	/* On OPAL v3, we return all CPUs to firmware */
+
+	if (!firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_OPALv3))
+		return;
+
+	if (secondary) {
+		/* Return secondary CPUs to firmware on OPAL v3 */
 		mb();
 		get_paca()->kexec_state = KEXEC_STATE_REAL_MODE;
 		mb();
 
 		/* Return the CPU to OPAL */
 		opal_return_cpu();
+	} else if (crash_shutdown) {
+		/*
+		 * On crash, we don't wait for secondaries to go
+		 * down as they might be unreachable or hung, so
+		 * instead we just wait a bit and move on.
+		 */
+		mdelay(1);
+	} else {
+		/* Primary waits for the secondaries to have reached OPAL */
+		pnv_kexec_wait_secondaries_down();
 	}
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC */