diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b1840f549b9a..d2f9ef15fb7d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: abb17f9c3a92c5acf30e749efdf0419b7f50a5b8
+refs/heads/master: e62cee42e66dcca83aae02748535f62e0f564a0c
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/exception.S b/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/exception.S
index fba5bf915073..32a56c6dfa72 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/exception.S
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/exception.S
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ decrementer_iSeries_masked:
 	li	r11,1
 	ld	r12,PACALPPACAPTR(r13)
 	stb	r11,LPPACADECRINT(r12)
-	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r12, tb_ticks_per_jiffy)
-	lwz	r12,0(r12)
+	li	r12,-1
+	clrldi	r12,r12,33	/* set DEC to 0x7fffffff */
 	mtspr	SPRN_DEC,r12
 	/* fall through */