diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
index be83a4e71814..e8f644d6f310 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
@@ -1016,9 +1016,9 @@ EXC_COMMON_BEGIN(machine_check_early_common)
 	bne	1f
 	/* First machine check entry */
 	ld	r1,PACAMCEMERGSP(r13)	/* Use MC emergency stack */
-1:	subi	r1,r1,INT_FRAME_SIZE	/* alloc stack frame */
-	/* Limit nested MCE to level 4 to avoid stack overflow */
-	bge	cr1,2f			/* Check if we hit limit of 4 */
+1:	/* Limit nested MCE to level 4 to avoid stack overflow */
+	bgt	cr1,unrecoverable_mce	/* Check if we hit limit of 4 */
+	subi	r1,r1,INT_FRAME_SIZE	/* alloc stack frame */
 
 	EXCEPTION_PROLOG_COMMON_1()
 	/* We don't touch AMR here, we never go to virtual mode */
@@ -1032,25 +1032,9 @@ EXC_COMMON_BEGIN(machine_check_early_common)
 
 	li	r10,MSR_RI
 	mtmsrd	r10,1
-
 	bl	enable_machine_check
 	b	machine_check_handle_early
 
-2:
-	/* Stack overflow. Stay on emergency stack and panic.
-	 * Keep the ME bit off while panic-ing, so that if we hit
-	 * another machine check we checkstop.
-	 */
-	addi	r1,r1,INT_FRAME_SIZE	/* go back to previous stack frame */
-	ld	r11,PACAKMSR(r13)
-	LOAD_HANDLER(r12, unrecover_mce)
-	li	r10,MSR_ME
-	andc	r11,r11,r10		/* Turn off MSR_ME */
-	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r12
-	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r11
-	RFI_TO_KERNEL
-	b	.	/* prevent speculative execution */
-
 EXC_COMMON_BEGIN(machine_check_common)
 	/*
 	 * Machine check is different because we use a different
@@ -1166,32 +1150,15 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ARCH_206)
 	 * If yes, then stay on emergency stack and panic.
 	 */
 	andi.	r11,r12,MSR_RI
-	bne	2f
-1:	mfspr	r11,SPRN_SRR0
-	LOAD_HANDLER(r10,unrecover_mce)
-	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r10
-	ld	r10,PACAKMSR(r13)
-	/*
-	 * We are going down. But there are chances that we might get hit by
-	 * another MCE during panic path and we may run into unstable state
-	 * with no way out. Hence, turn ME bit off while going down, so that
-	 * when another MCE is hit during panic path, system will checkstop
-	 * and hypervisor will get restarted cleanly by SP.
-	 */
-	li	r3,MSR_ME
-	andc	r10,r10,r3		/* Turn off MSR_ME */
-	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r10
-	RFI_TO_KERNEL
-	b	.
-2:
+	beq	unrecoverable_mce
+
 	/*
 	 * Check if we have successfully handled/recovered from error, if not
 	 * then stay on emergency stack and panic.
 	 */
 	ld	r3,RESULT(r1)	/* Load result */
 	cmpdi	r3,0		/* see if we handled MCE successfully */
-
-	beq	1b		/* if !handled then panic */
+	beq	unrecoverable_mce /* if !handled then panic */
 
 	/*
 	 * Return from MC interrupt.
@@ -1213,17 +1180,31 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_CFAR)
 	EXCEPTION_PROLOG_1 EXC_STD, PACA_EXMC, 1, 0x200, 1, 1, 0
 	EXCEPTION_PROLOG_2_REAL machine_check_common, EXC_STD, 0
 
-EXC_COMMON_BEGIN(unrecover_mce)
+EXC_COMMON_BEGIN(unrecoverable_mce)
+	/*
+	 * We are going down. But there are chances that we might get hit by
+	 * another MCE during panic path and we may run into unstable state
+	 * with no way out. Hence, turn ME bit off while going down, so that
+	 * when another MCE is hit during panic path, system will checkstop
+	 * and hypervisor will get restarted cleanly by SP.
+	 */
+	bl	disable_machine_check
+	ld	r10,PACAKMSR(r13)
+	li	r3,MSR_ME
+	andc	r10,r10,r3
+	mtmsrd	r10
+
 	/* Invoke machine_check_exception to print MCE event and panic. */
 	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
 	bl	machine_check_exception
+
 	/*
-	 * We will not reach here. Even if we did, there is no way out. Call
-	 * unrecoverable_exception and die.
+	 * We will not reach here. Even if we did, there is no way out.
+	 * Call unrecoverable_exception and die.
 	 */
-1:	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
+	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
 	bl	unrecoverable_exception
-	b	1b
+	b	.
 
 
 EXC_REAL_BEGIN(data_access, 0x300, 0x80)
@@ -2297,6 +2278,20 @@ enable_machine_check:
 1:	mtlr	r0
 	blr
 
+disable_machine_check:
+	mflr	r0
+	bcl	20,31,$+4
+0:	mflr	r3
+	addi	r3,r3,(1f - 0b)
+	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r3
+	mfmsr	r3
+	li	r4,MSR_ME
+	andc	r3,r3,r4
+	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r3
+	RFI_TO_KERNEL
+1:	mtlr	r0
+	blr
+
 /*
  * Hash table stuff
  */
