diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
index e708ab7..8533de5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
@@ -301,9 +301,19 @@ _GLOBAL(_tlbie)
 	mfspr	r4,SPRN_MMUCR
 	mfspr	r5,SPRN_PID			/* Get PID */
 	rlwimi	r4,r5,0,24,31			/* Set TID */
-	mtspr	SPRN_MMUCR,r4

+	/* We have to run the search with interrupts disabled, even critical
+	 * and debug interrupts (in fact the only critical exceptions we have
+	 * are debug and machine check).  Otherwise  an interrupt which causes
+	 * a TLB miss can clobber the MMUCR between the mtspr and the tlbsx. */
+	mfmsr	r5
+	lis	r6,(MSR_EE|MSR_CE|MSR_ME|MSR_DE)@ha
+	addi	r6,r6,(MSR_EE|MSR_CE|MSR_ME|MSR_DE)@l
+	andc	r6,r5,r6
+	mtmsr	r6
+	mtspr	SPRN_MMUCR,r4
 	tlbsx.	r3, 0, r3
+	mtmsr	r5
 	bne	10f
 	sync
 	/* There are only 64 TLB entries, so r3 < 64,
diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S b/arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S
index 0da5536..a22e1f4 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S
@@ -237,9 +237,19 @@ _GLOBAL(_tlbie)
 	mfspr	r4,SPRN_MMUCR
 	mfspr	r5,SPRN_PID			/* Get PID */
 	rlwimi	r4,r5,0,24,31			/* Set TID */
-	mtspr	SPRN_MMUCR,r4

+	/* We have to run the search with interrupts disabled, even critical
+	 * and debug interrupts (in fact the only critical exceptions we have
+	 * are debug and machine check).  Otherwise  an interrupt which causes
+	 * a TLB miss can clobber the MMUCR between the mtspr and the tlbsx. */
+	mfmsr	r5
+	lis	r6,(MSR_EE|MSR_CE|MSR_ME|MSR_DE)@ha
+	addi	r6,r6,(MSR_EE|MSR_CE|MSR_ME|MSR_DE)@l
+	andc	r6,r5,r6
+	mtmsr	r6
+	mtspr	SPRN_MMUCR,r4
 	tlbsx.	r3, 0, r3
+	mtmsr	r5
 	bne	10f
 	sync
 	/* There are only 64 TLB entries, so r3 < 64,