diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index 2694d078741d08c9f32a05c7ea6323867ddde63d..936c7e2d421e7b5fa6eab58b20d4fbc7fd7d5fd7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -98,12 +98,14 @@ void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
 	int save_ftrace_enabled;
 
 	save_ftrace_enabled = __ftrace_enabled_save();
+	this_cpu_disable_ftrace();
 
 	if (ppc_md.machine_kexec)
 		ppc_md.machine_kexec(image);
 	else
 		default_machine_kexec(image);
 
+	this_cpu_enable_ftrace();
 	__ftrace_enabled_restore(save_ftrace_enabled);
 
 	/* Fall back to normal restart if we're still alive. */