diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index fc60150..ef2074c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -588,23 +588,19 @@
 fast_exc_return_irq:
 restore:
 	/*
-	 * This is the main kernel exit path, we first check if we
-	 * have to change our interrupt state.
+	 * This is the main kernel exit path. First we check if we
+	 * are about to re-enable interrupts
 	 */
 	ld	r5,SOFTE(r1)
 	lbz	r6,PACASOFTIRQEN(r13)
-	cmpwi	cr1,r5,0
-	cmpw	cr0,r5,r6
-	beq	cr0,4f
+	cmpwi	cr0,r5,0
+	beq	restore_irq_off
 
-	/* We do, handle disable first, which is easy */
-	bne	cr1,3f;
- 	li	r0,0
-	stb	r0,PACASOFTIRQEN(r13);
-	TRACE_DISABLE_INTS
-	b	4f
+	/* We are enabling, were we already enabled ? Yes, just return */
+	cmpwi	cr0,r6,1
+	beq	cr0,do_restore
 
-3:	/*
+	/*
 	 * We are about to soft-enable interrupts (we are hard disabled
 	 * at this point). We check if there's anything that needs to
 	 * be replayed first.
@@ -626,7 +622,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * Final return path. BookE is handled in a different file
 	 */
-4:
+do_restore:
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E
 	b	.exception_return_book3e
 #else
@@ -700,6 +696,25 @@
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E */
 
 	/*
+	 * We are returning to a context with interrupts soft disabled.
+	 *
+	 * However, we may also about to hard enable, so we need to
+	 * make sure that in this case, we also clear PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS
+	 * or that bit can get out of sync and bad things will happen
+	 */
+restore_irq_off:
+	ld	r3,_MSR(r1)
+	lbz	r7,PACAIRQHAPPENED(r13)
+	andi.	r0,r3,MSR_EE
+	beq	1f
+	rlwinm	r7,r7,0,~PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS
+	stb	r7,PACAIRQHAPPENED(r13)
+1:	li	r0,0
+	stb	r0,PACASOFTIRQEN(r13);
+	TRACE_DISABLE_INTS
+	b	do_restore
+
+	/*
 	 * Something did happen, check if a re-emit is needed
 	 * (this also clears paca->irq_happened)
 	 */
@@ -748,6 +763,9 @@
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E */
 1:	b	.ret_from_except /* What else to do here ? */
  
+
+
+3:
 do_work:
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
 	andi.	r0,r3,MSR_PR	/* Returning to user mode? */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
index c6c6f3b..641da9e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
@@ -229,6 +229,19 @@
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(irq_happened != PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS))
 		__hard_irq_disable();
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAG
+	else {
+		/*
+		 * We should already be hard disabled here. We had bugs
+		 * where that wasn't the case so let's dbl check it and
+		 * warn if we are wrong. Only do that when IRQ tracing
+		 * is enabled as mfmsr() can be costly.
+		 */
+		if (WARN_ON(mfmsr() & MSR_EE))
+			__hard_irq_disable();
+	}
+#endif /* CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAG */
+
 	set_soft_enabled(0);
 
 	/*