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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index 1f97e2b87a62..c1f190858701 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -442,6 +442,32 @@ static void pSeries_machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
}
#endif
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+long pseries_big_endian_exceptions(void)
+{
+ long rc;
+
+ while (1) {
+ rc = enable_big_endian_exceptions();
+ if (!H_IS_LONG_BUSY(rc))
+ return rc;
+ mdelay(get_longbusy_msecs(rc));
+ }
+}
+
+static long pseries_little_endian_exceptions(void)
+{
+ long rc;
+
+ while (1) {
+ rc = enable_little_endian_exceptions();
+ if (!H_IS_LONG_BUSY(rc))
+ return rc;
+ mdelay(get_longbusy_msecs(rc));
+ }
+}
+#endif
+
static void __init pSeries_setup_arch(void)
{
panic_timeout = 10;
@@ -698,6 +724,22 @@ static int __init pSeries_probe(void)
/* Now try to figure out if we are running on LPAR */
of_scan_flat_dt(pseries_probe_fw_features, NULL);
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+ if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_SET_MODE)) {
+ long rc;
+ /*
+ * Tell the hypervisor that we want our exceptions to
+ * be taken in little endian mode. If this fails we don't
+ * want to use BUG() because it will trigger an exception.
+ */
+ rc = pseries_little_endian_exceptions();
+ if (rc) {
+ ppc_md.progress("H_SET_MODE LE exception fail", 0);
+ panic("Could not enable little endian exceptions");
+ }
+ }
+#endif
+
if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR))
hpte_init_lpar();
else