diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
index 88e5e8f17e989..855e17d158b11 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@
 #define PACA_IRQ_HMI		0x20
 #define PACA_IRQ_PMI		0x40
 
+/*
+ * Some soft-masked interrupts must be hard masked until they are replayed
+ * (e.g., because the soft-masked handler does not clear the exception).
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S
+#define PACA_IRQ_MUST_HARD_MASK	(PACA_IRQ_EE|PACA_IRQ_PMI)
+#else
+#define PACA_IRQ_MUST_HARD_MASK	(PACA_IRQ_EE)
+#endif
+
 /*
  * flags for paca->irq_soft_mask
  */
@@ -244,7 +254,7 @@ static inline bool lazy_irq_pending(void)
 static inline void may_hard_irq_enable(void)
 {
 	get_paca()->irq_happened &= ~PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS;
-	if (!(get_paca()->irq_happened & PACA_IRQ_EE))
+	if (!(get_paca()->irq_happened & PACA_IRQ_MUST_HARD_MASK))
 		__hard_irq_enable();
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
index ee832d344a5a2..9b6e653e501a1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
@@ -943,6 +943,8 @@ kernel_dbg_exc:
 /*
  * An interrupt came in while soft-disabled; We mark paca->irq_happened
  * accordingly and if the interrupt is level sensitive, we hard disable
+ * hard disable (full_mask) corresponds to PACA_IRQ_MUST_HARD_MASK, so
+ * keep these in synch.
  */
 
 .macro masked_interrupt_book3e paca_irq full_mask
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
index 243d072a225aa..3ac87e53b3da0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
@@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ EXC_COMMON_BEGIN(soft_nmi_common)
  *   triggered and won't automatically refire.
  * - If it was a HMI we return immediately since we handled it in realmode
  *   and it won't refire.
- * - else we hard disable and return.
+ * - Else it is one of PACA_IRQ_MUST_HARD_MASK, so hard disable and return.
  * This is called with r10 containing the value to OR to the paca field.
  */
 #define MASKED_INTERRUPT(_H)				\
@@ -1441,8 +1441,8 @@ masked_##_H##interrupt:					\
 	ori	r10,r10,0xffff;				\
 	mtspr	SPRN_DEC,r10;				\
 	b	MASKED_DEC_HANDLER_LABEL;		\
-1:	andi.	r10,r10,(PACA_IRQ_DBELL|PACA_IRQ_HMI);	\
-	bne	2f;					\
+1:	andi.	r10,r10,PACA_IRQ_MUST_HARD_MASK;	\
+	beq	2f;					\
 	mfspr	r10,SPRN_##_H##SRR1;			\
 	xori	r10,r10,MSR_EE; /* clear MSR_EE */	\
 	mtspr	SPRN_##_H##SRR1,r10;			\