diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-elog.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-elog.c
index 518fe95dbf24ec6bde07bf1f7c3923db0680b361..38ce757e5e2af59354ace706976e292b62d3d1d9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-elog.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-elog.c
@@ -313,7 +313,8 @@ int __init opal_elog_init(void)
 	}
 
 	/* We are now ready to pull error logs from opal. */
-	opal_resend_pending_logs();
+	if (opal_check_token(OPAL_ELOG_RESEND))
+		opal_resend_pending_logs();
 
 	return 0;
 }