diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
index 9f4c9d4..bd100fc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
@@ -130,43 +130,5 @@ static inline int irqs_disabled_flags(unsigned long flags)
  */
 struct irq_chip;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
-static inline unsigned long test_perf_event_pending(void)
-{
-	unsigned long x;
-
-	asm volatile("lbz %0,%1(13)"
-		: "=r" (x)
-		: "i" (offsetof(struct paca_struct, perf_event_pending)));
-	return x;
-}
-
-static inline void set_perf_event_pending(void)
-{
-	asm volatile("stb %0,%1(13)" : :
-		"r" (1),
-		"i" (offsetof(struct paca_struct, perf_event_pending)));
-}
-
-static inline void clear_perf_event_pending(void)
-{
-	asm volatile("stb %0,%1(13)" : :
-		"r" (0),
-		"i" (offsetof(struct paca_struct, perf_event_pending)));
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
-
-#else  /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
-
-static inline unsigned long test_perf_event_pending(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline void clear_perf_event_pending(void) {}
-#endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
-
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif	/* _ASM_POWERPC_HW_IRQ_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 957ceb7..c09138d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ int main(void)
 	DEFINE(PACAKMSR, offsetof(struct paca_struct, kernel_msr));
 	DEFINE(PACASOFTIRQEN, offsetof(struct paca_struct, soft_enabled));
 	DEFINE(PACAHARDIRQEN, offsetof(struct paca_struct, hard_enabled));
-	DEFINE(PACAPERFPEND, offsetof(struct paca_struct, perf_event_pending));
 	DEFINE(PACACONTEXTID, offsetof(struct paca_struct, context.id));
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_MM_SLICES
 	DEFINE(PACALOWSLICESPSIZE, offsetof(struct paca_struct,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index 07109d8..42e9d90 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -556,15 +556,6 @@ ALT_FW_FTR_SECTION_END_IFCLR(FW_FEATURE_ISERIES)
 2:
 	TRACE_AND_RESTORE_IRQ(r5);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
-	/* check paca->perf_event_pending if we're enabling ints */
-	lbz	r3,PACAPERFPEND(r13)
-	and.	r3,r3,r5
-	beq	27f
-	bl	.perf_event_do_pending
-27:
-#endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
-
 	/* extract EE bit and use it to restore paca->hard_enabled */
 	ld	r3,_MSR(r1)
 	rldicl	r4,r3,49,63		/* r0 = (r3 >> 15) & 1 */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
index 64f6f20..066bd31 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
-#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
@@ -145,11 +144,6 @@ notrace void raw_local_irq_restore(unsigned long en)
 	}
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_STD_MMU_64 */
 
-	if (test_perf_event_pending()) {
-		clear_perf_event_pending();
-		perf_event_do_pending();
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * if (get_paca()->hard_enabled) return;
 	 * But again we need to take care that gcc gets hard_enabled directly
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
index 1b16b9a..0441bbd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
@@ -532,25 +532,60 @@ void __init iSeries_time_init_early(void)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_ISERIES */
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) && defined(CONFIG_PPC32)
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(u8, perf_event_pending);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
 
-void set_perf_event_pending(void)
+/*
+ * 64-bit uses a byte in the PACA, 32-bit uses a per-cpu variable...
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+static inline unsigned long test_perf_event_pending(void)
 {
-	get_cpu_var(perf_event_pending) = 1;
-	set_dec(1);
-	put_cpu_var(perf_event_pending);
+	unsigned long x;
+
+	asm volatile("lbz %0,%1(13)"
+		: "=r" (x)
+		: "i" (offsetof(struct paca_struct, perf_event_pending)));
+	return x;
 }
 
+static inline void set_perf_event_pending_flag(void)
+{
+	asm volatile("stb %0,%1(13)" : :
+		"r" (1),
+		"i" (offsetof(struct paca_struct, perf_event_pending)));
+}
+
+static inline void clear_perf_event_pending(void)
+{
+	asm volatile("stb %0,%1(13)" : :
+		"r" (0),
+		"i" (offsetof(struct paca_struct, perf_event_pending)));
+}
+
+#else /* 32-bit */
+
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(u8, perf_event_pending);
+
+#define set_perf_event_pending_flag()	__get_cpu_var(perf_event_pending) = 1
 #define test_perf_event_pending()	__get_cpu_var(perf_event_pending)
 #define clear_perf_event_pending()	__get_cpu_var(perf_event_pending) = 0
 
-#else  /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS && CONFIG_PPC32 */
+#endif /* 32 vs 64 bit */
+
+void set_perf_event_pending(void)
+{
+	preempt_disable();
+	set_perf_event_pending_flag();
+	set_dec(1);
+	preempt_enable();
+}
+
+#else  /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
 
 #define test_perf_event_pending()	0
 #define clear_perf_event_pending()
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS && CONFIG_PPC32 */
+#endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
 
 /*
  * For iSeries shared processors, we have to let the hypervisor
@@ -582,10 +617,6 @@ void timer_interrupt(struct pt_regs * regs)
 	set_dec(DECREMENTER_MAX);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
-	if (test_perf_event_pending()) {
-		clear_perf_event_pending();
-		perf_event_do_pending();
-	}
 	if (atomic_read(&ppc_n_lost_interrupts) != 0)
 		do_IRQ(regs);
 #endif
@@ -604,6 +635,11 @@ void timer_interrupt(struct pt_regs * regs)
 
 	calculate_steal_time();
 
+	if (test_perf_event_pending()) {
+		clear_perf_event_pending();
+		perf_event_do_pending();
+	}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_ISERIES
 	if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_ISERIES))
 		get_lppaca()->int_dword.fields.decr_int = 0;
