diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index cac464386779..fd9f21b49582 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3717,7 +3717,7 @@
 
 	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
 
-	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,MIPS,SH] Forces the kernel to
+	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,MIPS,PPC,SH] Forces the kernel to
 			busy wait in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
 			implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
 			to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index b7a4cb5d9409..cb0a89946c4e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ config PPC
 	select GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES	if PPC_BARRIER_NOSPEC
 	select GENERIC_EARLY_IOREMAP
 	select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
+	select GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW_LEVEL
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP		if PCI