diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/time.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/time.h
index 08dbe3e6831c53cacd10dead0b3220f9b8b37321..e0107495c4de9a6a72d496339ee725e5c1a40ad6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/time.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/time.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ extern struct clock_event_device decrementer_clockevent;
 
 
 extern void generic_calibrate_decr(void);
-extern void hdec_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
 /* Some sane defaults: 125 MHz timebase, 1GHz processor */
 extern unsigned long ppc_proc_freq;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
index da15ec4fc8cb85e7c6daee2905f4abb37f9a9cce..146afa0922fb9e130e0d7ce23bbe26d7b9f7c20a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
@@ -1507,6 +1507,8 @@ EXC_COMMON_BEGIN(decrementer_common)
 INT_DEFINE_BEGIN(hdecrementer)
 	IVEC=0x980
 	IHSRR=EXC_HV
+	ISTACK=0
+	IRECONCILE=0
 	IKVM_REAL=1
 	IKVM_VIRT=1
 INT_DEFINE_END(hdecrementer)
@@ -1518,11 +1520,24 @@ EXC_VIRT_BEGIN(hdecrementer, 0x4980, 0x80)
 	GEN_INT_ENTRY hdecrementer, virt=1
 EXC_VIRT_END(hdecrementer, 0x4980, 0x80)
 EXC_COMMON_BEGIN(hdecrementer_common)
-	GEN_COMMON hdecrementer
-	bl	save_nvgprs
-	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
-	bl	hdec_interrupt
-	b	ret_from_except
+	__GEN_COMMON_ENTRY hdecrementer
+	/*
+	 * Hypervisor decrementer interrupts not caught by the KVM test
+	 * shouldn't occur but are sometimes left pending on exit from a KVM
+	 * guest.  We don't need to do anything to clear them, as they are
+	 * edge-triggered.
+	 *
+	 * Be careful to avoid touching the kernel stack.
+	 */
+	ld	r10,PACA_EXGEN+EX_CTR(r13)
+	mtctr	r10
+	mtcrf	0x80,r9
+	ld	r9,PACA_EXGEN+EX_R9(r13)
+	ld	r10,PACA_EXGEN+EX_R10(r13)
+	ld	r11,PACA_EXGEN+EX_R11(r13)
+	ld	r12,PACA_EXGEN+EX_R12(r13)
+	ld	r13,PACA_EXGEN+EX_R13(r13)
+	HRFI_TO_KERNEL
 
 	GEN_KVM hdecrementer
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
index 1168e8b37e30696de1408ad816bae50d1d8c4693..bda9cb4a0a5f67f07aba374835b305dc9d6ae20b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
@@ -663,15 +663,6 @@ void timer_broadcast_interrupt(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Hypervisor decrementer interrupts shouldn't occur but are sometimes
- * left pending on exit from a KVM guest.  We don't need to do anything
- * to clear them, as they are edge-triggered.
- */
-void hdec_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SUSPEND
 static void generic_suspend_disable_irqs(void)
 {