diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
index 53b6dfa83344..54b73a28c205 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ extern unsigned long cpuidle_disable;
 enum idle_boot_override {IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE = 0, IDLE_POWERSAVE_OFF};
 
 extern int powersave_nap;	/* set if nap mode can be used in idle loop */
+extern void power7_nap(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PSERIES_IDLE
 extern void update_smt_snooze_delay(int snooze);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_power7.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_power7.S
index 7140d838339e..e11863f4e595 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_power7.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_power7.S
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ _GLOBAL(power7_idle)
 	lwz	r4,ADDROFF(powersave_nap)(r3)
 	cmpwi	0,r4,0
 	beqlr
+	/* fall through */
 
+_GLOBAL(power7_nap)
 	/* NAP is a state loss, we create a regs frame on the
 	 * stack, fill it up with the state we care about and
 	 * stick a pointer to it in PACAR1. We really only
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c
index 3ef46254c35b..7698b6e13c57 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c
@@ -106,14 +106,6 @@ static void pnv_smp_cpu_kill_self(void)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu;
 
-	/* If powersave_nap is enabled, use NAP mode, else just
-	 * spin aimlessly
-	 */
-	if (!powersave_nap) {
-		generic_mach_cpu_die();
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/* Standard hot unplug procedure */
 	local_irq_disable();
 	idle_task_exit();
@@ -128,7 +120,7 @@ static void pnv_smp_cpu_kill_self(void)
 	 */
 	mtspr(SPRN_LPCR, mfspr(SPRN_LPCR) & ~(u64)LPCR_PECE1);
 	while (!generic_check_cpu_restart(cpu)) {
-		power7_idle();
+		power7_nap();
 		if (!generic_check_cpu_restart(cpu)) {
 			DBG("CPU%d Unexpected exit while offline !\n", cpu);
 			/* We may be getting an IPI, so we re-enable