diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s.h
index 0689091f9505..15d2307dbdd0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s.h
@@ -190,10 +190,8 @@ extern void kvmppc_hv_entry_trampoline(void);
 extern u32 kvmppc_alignment_dsisr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int inst);
 extern ulong kvmppc_alignment_dar(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int inst);
 extern int kvmppc_h_pr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cmd);
-extern void kvmppc_copy_to_svcpu(struct kvmppc_book3s_shadow_vcpu *svcpu,
-				 struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
-extern void kvmppc_copy_from_svcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
-				   struct kvmppc_book3s_shadow_vcpu *svcpu);
+extern void kvmppc_copy_to_svcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+extern void kvmppc_copy_from_svcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
 static inline struct kvmppc_vcpu_book3s *to_book3s(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_interrupts.S b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_interrupts.S
index d044b8b7c69d..b053a0b1f853 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_interrupts.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_interrupts.S
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ kvm_start_entry:
 
 kvm_start_lightweight:
 	/* Copy registers into shadow vcpu so we can access them in real mode */
-	GET_SHADOW_VCPU(r3)
+	mr	r3, r4
 	bl	FUNC(kvmppc_copy_to_svcpu)
 	nop
 	REST_GPR(4, r1)
@@ -165,9 +165,7 @@ after_sprg3_load:
 	stw	r12, VCPU_TRAP(r3)
 
 	/* Transfer reg values from shadow vcpu back to vcpu struct */
-	/* On 64-bit, interrupts are still off at this point */
 
-	GET_SHADOW_VCPU(r4)
 	bl	FUNC(kvmppc_copy_from_svcpu)
 	nop
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
index e587264c2e8c..1d9c536e6b16 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static void kvmppc_core_vcpu_put_pr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
 	struct kvmppc_book3s_shadow_vcpu *svcpu = svcpu_get(vcpu);
 	if (svcpu->in_use) {
-		kvmppc_copy_from_svcpu(vcpu, svcpu);
+		kvmppc_copy_from_svcpu(vcpu);
 	}
 	memcpy(to_book3s(vcpu)->slb_shadow, svcpu->slb, sizeof(svcpu->slb));
 	to_book3s(vcpu)->slb_shadow_max = svcpu->slb_max;
@@ -95,9 +95,10 @@ static void kvmppc_core_vcpu_put_pr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 }
 
 /* Copy data needed by real-mode code from vcpu to shadow vcpu */
-void kvmppc_copy_to_svcpu(struct kvmppc_book3s_shadow_vcpu *svcpu,
-			  struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+void kvmppc_copy_to_svcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	struct kvmppc_book3s_shadow_vcpu *svcpu = svcpu_get(vcpu);
+
 	svcpu->gpr[0] = vcpu->arch.gpr[0];
 	svcpu->gpr[1] = vcpu->arch.gpr[1];
 	svcpu->gpr[2] = vcpu->arch.gpr[2];
@@ -121,17 +122,14 @@ void kvmppc_copy_to_svcpu(struct kvmppc_book3s_shadow_vcpu *svcpu,
 	svcpu->shadow_fscr = vcpu->arch.shadow_fscr;
 #endif
 	svcpu->in_use = true;
+
+	svcpu_put(svcpu);
 }
 
 /* Copy data touched by real-mode code from shadow vcpu back to vcpu */
-void kvmppc_copy_from_svcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
-			    struct kvmppc_book3s_shadow_vcpu *svcpu)
+void kvmppc_copy_from_svcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	/*
-	 * vcpu_put would just call us again because in_use hasn't
-	 * been updated yet.
-	 */
-	preempt_disable();
+	struct kvmppc_book3s_shadow_vcpu *svcpu = svcpu_get(vcpu);
 
 	/*
 	 * Maybe we were already preempted and synced the svcpu from
@@ -169,7 +167,7 @@ void kvmppc_copy_from_svcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	svcpu->in_use = false;
 
 out:
-	preempt_enable();
+	svcpu_put(svcpu);
 }
 
 static int kvmppc_core_check_requests_pr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)