diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c
index da3c4c3f4ec8..d4936615a756 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ void save_mce_event(struct pt_regs *regs, long handled,
 	mce->in_use = 1;
 
 	mce->initiator = MCE_INITIATOR_CPU;
-	if (handled)
+	/* Mark it recovered if we have handled it and MSR(RI=1). */
+	if (handled && (regs->msr & MSR_RI))
 		mce->disposition = MCE_DISPOSITION_RECOVERED;
 	else
 		mce->disposition = MCE_DISPOSITION_NOT_RECOVERED;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
index d3787618315f..56125dbdb1e2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ static int opal_recover_mce(struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 	if (!(regs->msr & MSR_RI)) {
 		/* If MSR_RI isn't set, we cannot recover */
+		pr_err("Machine check interrupt unrecoverable: MSR(RI=0)\n");
 		recovered = 0;
 	} else if (evt->disposition == MCE_DISPOSITION_RECOVERED) {
 		/* Platform corrected itself */