diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index 6df70907d60aba5cf244c5dade8ea007bc30425d..f0abe92f63f2d811ce4a9eb926eb447905431b54 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ int smp_request_message_ipi(int virq, int msg)
 		return 1;
 	}
 #endif
-	err = request_irq(virq, smp_ipi_action[msg], IRQF_PERCPU,
+	err = request_irq(virq, smp_ipi_action[msg],
+			  IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_NO_THREAD,
 			  smp_ipi_name[msg], 0);
 	WARN(err < 0, "unable to request_irq %d for %s (rc %d)\n",
 		virq, smp_ipi_name[msg], err);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c
index 9b6a820bdd7dccb7f618f325206eec324b058d95..e6f7378f4a49240720d2a1ce5aebbd043af6ef10 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static int psurge_secondary_ipi_init(void)
 
 	if (psurge_secondary_virq)
 		rc = request_irq(psurge_secondary_virq, psurge_ipi_intr,
-			IRQF_PERCPU, "IPI", NULL);
+			IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_NO_THREAD, "IPI", NULL);
 
 	if (rc)
 		pr_err("Failed to setup secondary cpu IPI\n");
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static int __init smp_psurge_kick_cpu(int nr)
 
 static struct irqaction psurge_irqaction = {
 	.handler = psurge_ipi_intr,
-	.flags = IRQF_PERCPU,
+	.flags = IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_NO_THREAD,
 	.name = "primary IPI",
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/xics-common.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/xics-common.c
index 63762c672a0372b7f2eb5469c85c63cd5617402a..d72eda6a4c055dcd84c1347525b727998da252fb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/xics-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/xics-common.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static void xics_request_ipi(void)
 	 * IPIs are marked IRQF_PERCPU. The handler was set in map.
 	 */
 	BUG_ON(request_irq(ipi, icp_ops->ipi_action,
-			   IRQF_PERCPU, "IPI", NULL));
+			   IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_NO_THREAD, "IPI", NULL));
 }
 
 int __init xics_smp_probe(void)