diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h
index 5d509ba0550b..1412e643122e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <asm/types.h>
 #include <asm/mmu.h>
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
+#include <asm/paca.h>
 
 /*
  * The lppaca is the "virtual processor area" registered with the hypervisor,
@@ -123,14 +124,20 @@ struct lppaca {
  */
 #define LPPACA_OLD_SHARED_PROC		2
 
-static inline bool lppaca_shared_proc(struct lppaca *l)
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES
+/*
+ * All CPUs should have the same shared proc value, so directly access the PACA
+ * to avoid false positives from DEBUG_PREEMPT.
+ */
+static inline bool lppaca_shared_proc(void)
 {
+	struct lppaca *l = local_paca->lppaca_ptr;
+
 	if (!firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_SPLPAR))
 		return false;
 	return !!(l->__old_status & LPPACA_OLD_SHARED_PROC);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES
 #define get_lppaca()	(get_paca()->lppaca_ptr)
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
index 28396a7e77d6..68f3b082245e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
@@ -637,16 +637,8 @@ static const struct proc_ops vcpudispatch_stats_freq_proc_ops = {
 
 static int __init vcpudispatch_stats_procfs_init(void)
 {
-	/*
-	 * Avoid smp_processor_id while preemptible. All CPUs should have
-	 * the same value for lppaca_shared_proc.
-	 */
-	preempt_disable();
-	if (!lppaca_shared_proc(get_lppaca())) {
-		preempt_enable();
+	if (!lppaca_shared_proc())
 		return 0;
-	}
-	preempt_enable();
 
 	if (!proc_create("powerpc/vcpudispatch_stats", 0600, NULL,
 					&vcpudispatch_stats_proc_ops))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lparcfg.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lparcfg.c
index d3517e498512..a7d4e25ae82a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lparcfg.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lparcfg.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static void parse_ppp_data(struct seq_file *m)
 	           ppp_data.active_system_procs);
 
 	/* pool related entries are appropriate for shared configs */
-	if (lppaca_shared_proc(get_lppaca())) {
+	if (lppaca_shared_proc()) {
 		unsigned long pool_idle_time, pool_procs;
 
 		seq_printf(m, "pool=%d\n", ppp_data.pool_num);
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ static int pseries_lparcfg_data(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   partition_potential_processors);
 
 	seq_printf(m, "shared_processor_mode=%d\n",
-		   lppaca_shared_proc(get_lppaca()));
+		   lppaca_shared_proc());
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
 	seq_printf(m, "slb_size=%d\n", mmu_slb_size);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index 0eac9ca782c2..822be2680b79 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ static void __init pSeries_setup_arch(void)
 	if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR)) {
 		vpa_init(boot_cpuid);
 
-		if (lppaca_shared_proc(get_lppaca())) {
+		if (lppaca_shared_proc()) {
 			static_branch_enable(&shared_processor);
 			pv_spinlocks_init();
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
index ff164dec8422..f4cf3ade03db 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
@@ -409,13 +409,7 @@ static int __init pseries_idle_probe(void)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_SPLPAR)) {
-		/*
-		 * Use local_paca instead of get_lppaca() since
-		 * preemption is not disabled, and it is not required in
-		 * fact, since lppaca_ptr does not need to be the value
-		 * associated to the current CPU, it can be from any CPU.
-		 */
-		if (lppaca_shared_proc(local_paca->lppaca_ptr)) {
+		if (lppaca_shared_proc()) {
 			cpuidle_state_table = shared_states;
 			max_idle_state = ARRAY_SIZE(shared_states);
 		} else {