diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h
index ac6b391f14936ac79b706ea00bbab1de806f0811..25ee6b26ef5a8dbf8ee13fc5918971da0d5b50c7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_40x
 	rlwinm	r9,r9,0,14,12		/* clear MSR_WE (necessary?) */
+#elif defined(CONFIG_PPC_8xx)
+	mtspr	SPRN_EID, r2		/* Set MSR_RI */
 #else
 #ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
 	li	r10, MSR_KERNEL & ~MSR_IR /* can take exceptions */