diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
index c7d82ff62a3346eb6b807d0bbbd06a5c85a760e4..eba60416536ec0955ff4a4131b4d788db2f25f9c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ static inline unsigned long arch_local_irq_save(void)
 	unsigned long flags = arch_local_save_flags();
 #ifdef CONFIG_BOOKE
 	asm volatile("wrteei 0" : : : "memory");
+#elif defined(CONFIG_PPC_8xx)
+	wrtspr(SPRN_EID);
 #else
 	SET_MSR_EE(flags & ~MSR_EE);
 #endif
@@ -165,6 +167,8 @@ static inline void arch_local_irq_disable(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BOOKE
 	asm volatile("wrteei 0" : : : "memory");
+#elif defined(CONFIG_PPC_8xx)
+	wrtspr(SPRN_EID);
 #else
 	arch_local_irq_save();
 #endif
@@ -174,6 +178,8 @@ static inline void arch_local_irq_enable(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BOOKE
 	asm volatile("wrteei 1" : : : "memory");
+#elif defined(CONFIG_PPC_8xx)
+	wrtspr(SPRN_EIE);
 #else
 	unsigned long msr = mfmsr();
 	SET_MSR_EE(msr | MSR_EE);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
index 9dddabc2fcedd1a61713f0a03fa3e10f25f601a5..b320c8fb045000553414978d726b74c10b6e64a0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
@@ -1249,6 +1249,8 @@ static inline void mtmsr_isync(unsigned long val)
 				     : "r" ((unsigned long)(v)) \
 				     : "memory")
 #endif
+#define wrtspr(rn)	asm volatile("mtspr " __stringify(rn) ",0" : \
+				     : : "memory")
 
 extern void msr_check_and_set(unsigned long bits);
 extern bool strict_msr_control;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg_8xx.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg_8xx.h
index 94d01f81e66877646faba091187ae981bfa0a457..0197e12f7d482512c2d7be8f8ee76c1c3935df73 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg_8xx.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg_8xx.h
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 #define SPRN_MD_RAM0	825
 #define SPRN_MD_RAM1	826
 
+/* Special MSR manipulation registers */
+#define SPRN_EIE	80	/* External interrupt enable (EE=1, RI=1) */
+#define SPRN_EID	81	/* External interrupt disable (EE=0, RI=1) */
+
 /* Commands.  Only the first few are available to the instruction cache.
 */
 #define	IDC_ENABLE	0x02000000	/* Cache enable */