diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
index 4096f16502a9becab431cb8e3f7c9f51b6989b4f..2c8e39951ab52078fde196f7cde6faf943893f17 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
@@ -337,6 +337,10 @@ static inline void kvmppc_fast_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	vcpu->kvm->arch.kvm_ops->fast_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
 }
 
+extern void kvm_hv_vm_activated(void);
+extern void kvm_hv_vm_deactivated(void);
+extern bool kvm_hv_mode_active(void);
+
 #else
 static inline void __init kvm_cma_reserve(void)
 {}
@@ -356,6 +360,9 @@ static inline void kvmppc_fast_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
 }
+
+static inline bool kvm_hv_mode_active(void)		{ return false; }
+
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_XICS
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
index ff51046b6466993ead747864b115facbd08af6b4..5a6614a7f0b23b45c65caaddf690d3c24b6effc0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -68,14 +68,6 @@ void generic_mach_cpu_die(void);
 void generic_set_cpu_dead(unsigned int cpu);
 void generic_set_cpu_up(unsigned int cpu);
 int generic_check_cpu_restart(unsigned int cpu);
-
-extern void inhibit_secondary_onlining(void);
-extern void uninhibit_secondary_onlining(void);
-
-#else /* HOTPLUG_CPU */
-static inline void inhibit_secondary_onlining(void) {}
-static inline void uninhibit_secondary_onlining(void) {}
-
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index 4863ea14f270a3de45a9ea1afa6c4023da8e3122..5cdd9eb3b24c389d4b3b7067a480dce14878ccb0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 #include <asm/hw_irq.h>
+#include <asm/kvm_ppc.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
@@ -458,38 +459,9 @@ int generic_check_cpu_restart(unsigned int cpu)
 	return per_cpu(cpu_state, cpu) == CPU_UP_PREPARE;
 }
 
-static atomic_t secondary_inhibit_count;
-
-/*
- * Don't allow secondary CPU threads to come online
- */
-void inhibit_secondary_onlining(void)
-{
-	/*
-	 * This makes secondary_inhibit_count stable during cpu
-	 * online/offline operations.
-	 */
-	get_online_cpus();
-
-	atomic_inc(&secondary_inhibit_count);
-	put_online_cpus();
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inhibit_secondary_onlining);
-
-/*
- * Allow secondary CPU threads to come online again
- */
-void uninhibit_secondary_onlining(void)
-{
-	get_online_cpus();
-	atomic_dec(&secondary_inhibit_count);
-	put_online_cpus();
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uninhibit_secondary_onlining);
-
-static int secondaries_inhibited(void)
+static bool secondaries_inhibited(void)
 {
-	return atomic_read(&secondary_inhibit_count);
+	return kvm_hv_mode_active();
 }
 
 #else /* HOTPLUG_CPU */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 8227dba5af0f4f3ebd70c051530ce98fa4a6e30d..d7b74f888ad8fcd3770a1190840e4e68bae11ed8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -2317,10 +2317,10 @@ static int kvmppc_core_init_vm_hv(struct kvm *kvm)
 	spin_lock_init(&kvm->arch.slot_phys_lock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Don't allow secondary CPU threads to come online
-	 * while any KVM VMs exist.
+	 * Track that we now have a HV mode VM active. This blocks secondary
+	 * CPU threads from coming online.
 	 */
-	inhibit_secondary_onlining();
+	kvm_hv_vm_activated();
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@ static void kvmppc_free_vcores(struct kvm *kvm)
 
 static void kvmppc_core_destroy_vm_hv(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
-	uninhibit_secondary_onlining();
+	kvm_hv_vm_deactivated();
 
 	kvmppc_free_vcores(kvm);
 	if (kvm->arch.rma) {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_builtin.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_builtin.c
index 8cd0daebb82deea5b6785dbba4e55d12d3d6ac88..7cde8a6652056c26f4e05343439c90ca43328188 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_builtin.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_builtin.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
 #include <linux/preempt.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
@@ -181,3 +182,33 @@ void __init kvm_cma_reserve(void)
 		kvm_cma_declare_contiguous(selected_size, align_size);
 	}
 }
+
+/*
+ * When running HV mode KVM we need to block certain operations while KVM VMs
+ * exist in the system. We use a counter of VMs to track this.
+ *
+ * One of the operations we need to block is onlining of secondaries, so we
+ * protect hv_vm_count with get/put_online_cpus().
+ */
+static atomic_t hv_vm_count;
+
+void kvm_hv_vm_activated(void)
+{
+	get_online_cpus();
+	atomic_inc(&hv_vm_count);
+	put_online_cpus();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_hv_vm_activated);
+
+void kvm_hv_vm_deactivated(void)
+{
+	get_online_cpus();
+	atomic_dec(&hv_vm_count);
+	put_online_cpus();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_hv_vm_deactivated);
+
+bool kvm_hv_mode_active(void)
+{
+	return atomic_read(&hv_vm_count) != 0;
+}