diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index f8a7a1a1a9f4480ac1881f907da771a474606998..fc6015027a86cc40c74406702ff7d32907b2ebe7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -767,16 +767,6 @@ do_work:
 	SOFT_DISABLE_INTS(r3,r4)
 1:	bl	.preempt_schedule_irq
 
-	/* Hard-disable interrupts again (and update PACA) */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E
-	wrteei	0
-#else
-	ld	r10,PACAKMSR(r13) /* Get kernel MSR without EE */
-	mtmsrd	r10,1
-#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E */
-	li	r0,PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS
-	stb	r0,PACAIRQHAPPENED(r13)
-
 	/* Re-test flags and eventually loop */
 	clrrdi	r9,r1,THREAD_SHIFT
 	ld	r4,TI_FLAGS(r9)
@@ -787,14 +777,6 @@ do_work:
 user_work:
 #endif /* CONFIG_PREEMPT */
 
-	/* Enable interrupts */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E
-	wrteei	1
-#else
-	ori	r10,r10,MSR_EE
-	mtmsrd	r10,1
-#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E */
-
 	andi.	r0,r4,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED
 	beq	1f
 	bl	.restore_interrupts
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
index 43eb74fcedde2806da8dd0c5193f3df4c91433dc..c6c6f3b7f8cd0a91df68cb14ba476cbf0f5f5ac1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
@@ -260,11 +260,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(arch_local_irq_restore);
  * if they are currently disabled. This is typically called before
  * schedule() or do_signal() when returning to userspace. We do it
  * in C to avoid the burden of dealing with lockdep etc...
+ *
+ * NOTE: This is called with interrupts hard disabled but not marked
+ * as such in paca->irq_happened, so we need to resync this.
  */
 void restore_interrupts(void)
 {
-	if (irqs_disabled())
+	if (irqs_disabled()) {
+		local_paca->irq_happened |= PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS;
 		local_irq_enable();
+	} else
+		__hard_irq_enable();
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */