diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index 9e711cdbe3847ecda5c5b6c7d2087c2424119780..c96f8fbc19423ab39956dde4b519ccb25ac798c0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -1166,6 +1166,8 @@ int __cpu_disable(void)
 	if (!smp_ops->cpu_disable)
 		return -ENOSYS;
 
+	this_cpu_disable_ftrace();
+
 	err = smp_ops->cpu_disable();
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -1184,6 +1186,12 @@ void __cpu_die(unsigned int cpu)
 
 void cpu_die(void)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Disable on the down path. This will be re-enabled by
+	 * start_secondary() via start_secondary_resume() below
+	 */
+	this_cpu_disable_ftrace();
+
 	if (ppc_md.cpu_die)
 		ppc_md.cpu_die();