diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
index 4e65bf82f5e0..0ce8b0e5d7ba 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
@@ -430,6 +430,14 @@ void force_external_irq_replay(void)
 	 */
 	WARN_ON(!arch_irqs_disabled());
 
+	/*
+	 * Interrupts must always be hard disabled before irq_happened is
+	 * modified (to prevent lost update in case of interrupt between
+	 * load and store).
+	 */
+	__hard_irq_disable();
+	local_paca->irq_happened |= PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS;
+
 	/* Indicate in the PACA that we have an interrupt to replay */
 	local_paca->irq_happened |= PACA_IRQ_EE;
 }