diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 55106854b271..c994fa1b35b4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b86756ae76dc5e7ecff3ca52a5842155e6d457de
+refs/heads/master: ddafddcfc78aab994cf95922befc54d98aaf371b
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c b/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
index e9f321d74d85..d491052c8e0c 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 
 	set_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
 	while (1) {
-		ppc64_runlatch_off();
-
 		while (!need_resched() && !cpu_should_die()) {
+			ppc64_runlatch_off();
+
 			if (ppc_md.power_save) {
 				clear_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
 				/*