diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
index 57eaa5a..37062ba 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 		pr_err("GIC: unable to set SRE (disabled at EL2), panic ahead\n");
 }
 
-static void gic_enable_redist(void)
+static void gic_enable_redist(bool enable)
 {
 	void __iomem *rbase;
 	u32 count = 1000000;	/* 1s! */
@@ -163,20 +163,30 @@
 
 	rbase = gic_data_rdist_rd_base();
 
-	/* Wake up this CPU redistributor */
 	val = readl_relaxed(rbase + GICR_WAKER);
-	val &= ~GICR_WAKER_ProcessorSleep;
+	if (enable)
+		/* Wake up this CPU redistributor */
+		val &= ~GICR_WAKER_ProcessorSleep;
+	else
+		val |= GICR_WAKER_ProcessorSleep;
 	writel_relaxed(val, rbase + GICR_WAKER);
 
-	while (readl_relaxed(rbase + GICR_WAKER) & GICR_WAKER_ChildrenAsleep) {
-		count--;
-		if (!count) {
-			pr_err_ratelimited("redist didn't wake up...\n");
-			return;
-		}
+	if (!enable) {		/* Check that GICR_WAKER is writeable */
+		val = readl_relaxed(rbase + GICR_WAKER);
+		if (!(val & GICR_WAKER_ProcessorSleep))
+			return;	/* No PM support in this redistributor */
+	}
+
+	while (count--) {
+		val = readl_relaxed(rbase + GICR_WAKER);
+		if (enable ^ (val & GICR_WAKER_ChildrenAsleep))
+			break;
 		cpu_relax();
 		udelay(1);
 	};
+	if (!count)
+		pr_err_ratelimited("redistributor failed to %s...\n",
+				   enable ? "wakeup" : "sleep");
 }
 
 /*
@@ -381,7 +391,7 @@
 	if (gic_populate_rdist())
 		return;
 
-	gic_enable_redist();
+	gic_enable_redist(true);
 
 	rbase = gic_data_rdist_sgi_base();