diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c
index 9a75f0e1933b..fcd3dad1297f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ int kvmppc_book3s_hv_page_fault(struct kvm_run *run, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 			 * We need to protect against page table destruction
 			 * hugepage split and collapse.
 			 */
+			start_lockless_pgtbl_walk(kvm->mm);
 			local_irq_save(flags);
 			ptep = find_current_mm_pte(current->mm->pgd,
 						   hva, NULL, NULL);
@@ -629,6 +630,7 @@ int kvmppc_book3s_hv_page_fault(struct kvm_run *run, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 					write_ok = 1;
 			}
 			local_irq_restore(flags);
+			end_lockless_pgtbl_walk(kvm->mm);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_radix.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_radix.c
index 2d415c36a61d..9b374b9838fa 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_radix.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_radix.c
@@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ int kvmppc_book3s_instantiate_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	 * Read the PTE from the process' radix tree and use that
 	 * so we get the shift and attribute bits.
 	 */
+	start_lockless_pgtbl_walk(kvm->mm);
 	local_irq_disable();
 	ptep = __find_linux_pte(vcpu->arch.pgdir, hva, NULL, &shift);
 	/*
@@ -821,12 +822,14 @@ int kvmppc_book3s_instantiate_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	 */
 	if (!ptep) {
 		local_irq_enable();
+		end_lockless_pgtbl_walk(kvm->mm);
 		if (page)
 			put_page(page);
 		return RESUME_GUEST;
 	}
 	pte = *ptep;
 	local_irq_enable();
+	end_lockless_pgtbl_walk(kvm->mm);
 
 	/* If we're logging dirty pages, always map single pages */
 	large_enable = !(memslot->flags & KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES);
@@ -972,10 +975,16 @@ int kvm_unmap_radix(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 	unsigned long gpa = gfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned int shift;
 
+	/*
+	 * We are walking the secondary (partition-scoped) page table here.
+	 * We can do this without disabling irq because the Linux MM
+	 * subsystem doesn't do THP splits and collapses on this tree.
+	 */
 	ptep = __find_linux_pte(kvm->arch.pgtable, gpa, NULL, &shift);
 	if (ptep && pte_present(*ptep))
 		kvmppc_unmap_pte(kvm, ptep, gpa, shift, memslot,
 				 kvm->arch.lpid);
+
 	return 0;				
 }
 
@@ -989,6 +998,11 @@ int kvm_age_radix(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 	int ref = 0;
 	unsigned long old, *rmapp;
 
+	/*
+	 * We are walking the secondary (partition-scoped) page table here.
+	 * We can do this without disabling irq because the Linux MM
+	 * subsystem doesn't do THP splits and collapses on this tree.
+	 */
 	ptep = __find_linux_pte(kvm->arch.pgtable, gpa, NULL, &shift);
 	if (ptep && pte_present(*ptep) && pte_young(*ptep)) {
 		old = kvmppc_radix_update_pte(kvm, ptep, _PAGE_ACCESSED, 0,
@@ -1013,6 +1027,11 @@ int kvm_test_age_radix(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 	unsigned int shift;
 	int ref = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * We are walking the secondary (partition-scoped) page table here.
+	 * We can do this without disabling irq because the Linux MM
+	 * subsystem doesn't do THP splits and collapses on this tree.
+	 */
 	ptep = __find_linux_pte(kvm->arch.pgtable, gpa, NULL, &shift);
 	if (ptep && pte_present(*ptep) && pte_young(*ptep))
 		ref = 1;
@@ -1030,6 +1049,11 @@ static int kvm_radix_test_clear_dirty(struct kvm *kvm,
 	int ret = 0;
 	unsigned long old, *rmapp;
 
+	/*
+	 * We are walking the secondary (partition-scoped) page table here.
+	 * We can do this without disabling irq because the Linux MM
+	 * subsystem doesn't do THP splits and collapses on this tree.
+	 */
 	ptep = __find_linux_pte(kvm->arch.pgtable, gpa, NULL, &shift);
 	if (ptep && pte_present(*ptep) && pte_dirty(*ptep)) {
 		ret = 1;
@@ -1046,6 +1070,7 @@ static int kvm_radix_test_clear_dirty(struct kvm *kvm,
 					       1UL << shift);
 		spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 	}
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1085,6 +1110,11 @@ void kvmppc_radix_flush_memslot(struct kvm *kvm,
 	gpa = memslot->base_gfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 	for (n = memslot->npages; n; --n) {
+		/*
+		 * We are walking the secondary (partition-scoped) page table here.
+		 * We can do this without disabling irq because the Linux MM
+		 * subsystem doesn't do THP splits and collapses on this tree.
+		 */
 		ptep = __find_linux_pte(kvm->arch.pgtable, gpa, NULL, &shift);
 		if (ptep && pte_present(*ptep))
 			kvmppc_unmap_pte(kvm, ptep, gpa, shift, memslot,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio_hv.c
index b4f20f13b860..376d069a92dd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio_hv.c
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ long kvmppc_rm_h_put_tce(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long liobn,
 static long kvmppc_rm_ua_to_hpa(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		unsigned long ua, unsigned long *phpa)
 {
+	struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
 	pte_t *ptep, pte;
 	unsigned shift = 0;
 
@@ -443,10 +444,12 @@ static long kvmppc_rm_ua_to_hpa(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	 * to exit which will agains result in the below page table walk
 	 * to finish.
 	 */
+	start_lockless_pgtbl_walk(kvm->mm);
 	ptep = __find_linux_pte(vcpu->arch.pgdir, ua, NULL, &shift);
 	if (!ptep || !pte_present(*ptep))
 		return -ENXIO;
 	pte = *ptep;
+	end_lockless_pgtbl_walk(kvm->mm);
 
 	if (!shift)
 		shift = PAGE_SHIFT;
