diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
index ff3866473afe411f63c3d4e968ff6b574694402b..d8d886dee54e3c92356d23f370dbc2a3dcc66b79 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ int64_t opal_xive_get_vp_info(uint64_t vp,
 int64_t opal_xive_set_vp_info(uint64_t vp,
 			      uint64_t flags,
 			      uint64_t report_cl_pair);
-int64_t opal_xive_allocate_irq(uint32_t chip_id);
+int64_t opal_xive_allocate_irq_raw(uint32_t chip_id);
 int64_t opal_xive_free_irq(uint32_t girq);
 int64_t opal_xive_sync(uint32_t type, uint32_t id);
 int64_t opal_xive_dump(uint32_t type, uint32_t id);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S
index f4875fe3f8ff288827ca142a0a1b47c5da9bfa2c..74215ebda142da25794fff581fd6bfaffb5a7cb0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ OPAL_CALL(opal_xive_set_queue_info,		OPAL_XIVE_SET_QUEUE_INFO);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_xive_donate_page,		OPAL_XIVE_DONATE_PAGE);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_xive_alloc_vp_block,		OPAL_XIVE_ALLOCATE_VP_BLOCK);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_xive_free_vp_block,		OPAL_XIVE_FREE_VP_BLOCK);
-OPAL_CALL(opal_xive_allocate_irq,		OPAL_XIVE_ALLOCATE_IRQ);
+OPAL_CALL(opal_xive_allocate_irq_raw,		OPAL_XIVE_ALLOCATE_IRQ);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_xive_free_irq,			OPAL_XIVE_FREE_IRQ);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_xive_get_vp_info,		OPAL_XIVE_GET_VP_INFO);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_xive_set_vp_info,		OPAL_XIVE_SET_VP_INFO);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/native.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/native.c
index 5b20a678d755b6f3e2bdb29a0bec9132521e70d4..6d5b2802245285a700924258dea315b7c3629a44 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/native.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/native.c
@@ -235,6 +235,17 @@ static bool xive_native_match(struct device_node *node)
 	return of_device_is_compatible(node, "ibm,opal-xive-vc");
 }
 
+static s64 opal_xive_allocate_irq(u32 chip_id)
+{
+	s64 irq = opal_xive_allocate_irq_raw(chip_id);
+
+	/*
+	 * Old versions of skiboot can incorrectly return 0xffffffff to
+	 * indicate no space, fix it up here.
+	 */
+	return irq == 0xffffffff ? OPAL_RESOURCE : irq;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 static int xive_native_get_ipi(unsigned int cpu, struct xive_cpu *xc)
 {