diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
index f0183e36f61097b087d64cefc6426aa58d4c7dce..f4a93218fbcb61b2f5b55d360f1023029d64bdf9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ struct device_node;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EEH
 
+/* EEH subsystem flags */
+#define EEH_ENABLED		0x1	/* EEH enabled		*/
+#define EEH_FORCE_DISABLED	0x2	/* EEH disabled		*/
+#define EEH_PROBE_MODE_DEV	0x4	/* From PCI device	*/
+#define EEH_PROBE_MODE_DEVTREE	0x8	/* From device tree	*/
+
 /*
  * The struct is used to trace PE related EEH functionality.
  * In theory, there will have one instance of the struct to
@@ -173,37 +179,40 @@ struct eeh_ops {
 	int (*restore_config)(struct device_node *dn);
 };
 
+extern int eeh_subsystem_flags;
 extern struct eeh_ops *eeh_ops;
-extern bool eeh_subsystem_enabled;
 extern raw_spinlock_t confirm_error_lock;
-extern int eeh_probe_mode;
 
 static inline bool eeh_enabled(void)
 {
-	return eeh_subsystem_enabled;
+	if ((eeh_subsystem_flags & EEH_FORCE_DISABLED) ||
+	    !(eeh_subsystem_flags & EEH_ENABLED))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
 }
 
 static inline void eeh_set_enable(bool mode)
 {
-	eeh_subsystem_enabled = mode;
+	if (mode)
+		eeh_subsystem_flags |= EEH_ENABLED;
+	else
+		eeh_subsystem_flags &= ~EEH_ENABLED;
 }
 
-#define EEH_PROBE_MODE_DEV	(1<<0)	/* From PCI device	*/
-#define EEH_PROBE_MODE_DEVTREE	(1<<1)	/* From device tree	*/
-
 static inline void eeh_probe_mode_set(int flag)
 {
-	eeh_probe_mode = flag;
+	eeh_subsystem_flags |= flag;
 }
 
 static inline int eeh_probe_mode_devtree(void)
 {
-	return (eeh_probe_mode == EEH_PROBE_MODE_DEVTREE);
+	return (eeh_subsystem_flags & EEH_PROBE_MODE_DEVTREE);
 }
 
 static inline int eeh_probe_mode_dev(void)
 {
-	return (eeh_probe_mode == EEH_PROBE_MODE_DEV);
+	return (eeh_subsystem_flags & EEH_PROBE_MODE_DEV);
 }
 
 static inline void eeh_serialize_lock(unsigned long *flags)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
index 69df8985fc8b9dd1ee889a2f010da330e10aa2e7..06d2b7c6b661e50fddc8b1d39cd8a58cc3da4611 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
@@ -87,22 +87,21 @@
 /* Time to wait for a PCI slot to report status, in milliseconds */
 #define PCI_BUS_RESET_WAIT_MSEC (5*60*1000)
 
-/* Platform dependent EEH operations */
-struct eeh_ops *eeh_ops = NULL;
-
-bool eeh_subsystem_enabled = false;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(eeh_subsystem_enabled);
-
 /*
- * EEH probe mode support. The intention is to support multiple
- * platforms for EEH. Some platforms like pSeries do PCI emunation
- * based on device tree. However, other platforms like powernv probe
- * PCI devices from hardware. The flag is used to distinguish that.
- * In addition, struct eeh_ops::probe would be invoked for particular
- * OF node or PCI device so that the corresponding PE would be created
- * there.
+ * EEH probe mode support, which is part of the flags,
+ * is to support multiple platforms for EEH. Some platforms
+ * like pSeries do PCI emunation based on device tree.
+ * However, other platforms like powernv probe PCI devices
+ * from hardware. The flag is used to distinguish that.
+ * In addition, struct eeh_ops::probe would be invoked for
+ * particular OF node or PCI device so that the corresponding
+ * PE would be created there.
  */
-int eeh_probe_mode;
+int eeh_subsystem_flags;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(eeh_subsystem_flags);
+
+/* Platform dependent EEH operations */
+struct eeh_ops *eeh_ops = NULL;
 
 /* Lock to avoid races due to multiple reports of an error */
 DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(confirm_error_lock);
@@ -842,8 +841,8 @@ int eeh_init(void)
 			&hose_list, list_node)
 			pci_walk_bus(hose->bus, eeh_ops->dev_probe, NULL);
 	} else {
-		pr_warning("%s: Invalid probe mode %d\n",
-			   __func__, eeh_probe_mode);
+		pr_warn("%s: Invalid probe mode %x",
+			__func__, eeh_subsystem_flags);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}