diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/rtasd.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/rtasd.c
index c9ffd8c225f1..f4e55be2eea9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/rtasd.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/rtasd.c
@@ -295,19 +295,29 @@ static ssize_t rtas_log_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
 	if (!tmp)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&rtasd_log_lock, s);
 	/* if it's 0, then we know we got the last one (the one in NVRAM) */
-	if (rtas_log_size == 0 && logging_enabled)
+	while (rtas_log_size == 0) {
+		if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtasd_log_lock, s);
+			error = -EAGAIN;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (!logging_enabled) {
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtasd_log_lock, s);
+			error = -ENODATA;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		nvram_clear_error_log();
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtasd_log_lock, s);
 
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtasd_log_lock, s);
+		error = wait_event_interruptible(rtas_log_wait, rtas_log_size);
+		if (error)
+			goto out;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&rtasd_log_lock, s);
+	}
 
-	error = wait_event_interruptible(rtas_log_wait, rtas_log_size);
-	if (error)
-		goto out;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&rtasd_log_lock, s);
 	offset = rtas_error_log_buffer_max * (rtas_log_start & LOG_NUMBER_MASK);
 	memcpy(tmp, &rtas_log_buf[offset], count);