diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c1695ffb5ab0..929a31d3251a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ff4bb7cb9feea3d8851c0e7837dce15822acf11b
+refs/heads/master: ceddee23be9fda04b928aa309fd95931bc4efb96
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c b/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
index d71e58584086..227c1c3d585e 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ static int dlpar_offline_cpu(struct device_node *dn)
 				break;
 
 			if (get_cpu_current_state(cpu) == CPU_STATE_ONLINE) {
+				set_preferred_offline_state(cpu, CPU_STATE_OFFLINE);
 				cpu_maps_update_done();
 				rc = cpu_down(cpu);
 				if (rc)