diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
index 48ad6780c6d980d3fc5ac4921c0f3fdd12291e80..c5cd72833d6e7f29daba00655296750b0c560b16 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ extern int opal_enter_rtas(struct rtas_args *args,
 #define OPAL_XSCOM_WRITE			66
 #define OPAL_LPC_READ				67
 #define OPAL_LPC_WRITE				68
+#define OPAL_RETURN_CPU				69
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
@@ -646,6 +647,7 @@ int64_t opal_set_system_attention_led(uint8_t led_action);
 int64_t opal_pci_next_error(uint64_t phb_id, uint64_t *first_frozen_pe,
 			    uint16_t *pci_error_type, uint16_t *severity);
 int64_t opal_pci_poll(uint64_t phb_id);
+int64_t opal_return_cpu(void);
 
 int64_t opal_xscom_read(uint32_t gcid, uint32_t pcb_addr, uint64_t *val);
 int64_t opal_xscom_write(uint32_t gcid, uint32_t pcb_addr, uint64_t val);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S
index 42c06fba3994ad817984d58369832db032451026..8f3844535fbb2e4167ced361831e6c2aeab9a190 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S
@@ -115,3 +115,4 @@ OPAL_CALL(opal_xscom_read,			OPAL_XSCOM_READ);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_xscom_write,			OPAL_XSCOM_WRITE);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_lpc_read,			OPAL_LPC_READ);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_lpc_write,			OPAL_LPC_WRITE);
+OPAL_CALL(opal_return_cpu,			OPAL_RETURN_CPU);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
index 4ddb339700b9453b1c02b793a0d03b302984c570..e239dcfa224c2727bd6411aada2eb65120ad4a8a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <asm/xics.h>
 #include <asm/rtas.h>
 #include <asm/opal.h>
+#include <asm/kexec.h>
 
 #include "powernv.h"
 
@@ -153,6 +154,16 @@ static void pnv_shutdown(void)
 static void pnv_kexec_cpu_down(int crash_shutdown, int secondary)
 {
 	xics_kexec_teardown_cpu(secondary);
+
+	/* Return secondary CPUs to firmware on OPAL v3 */
+	if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_OPALv3) && secondary) {
+		mb();
+		get_paca()->kexec_state = KEXEC_STATE_REAL_MODE;
+		mb();
+
+		/* Return the CPU to OPAL */
+		opal_return_cpu();
+	}
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC */