diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
index a79e28c91e2b..e465e4487737 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <asm/paca.h>
 #include <asm/mmu.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>	/* _end */
+#include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
 #include <asm/hw_breakpoint.h>
 #include <asm/svm.h>
@@ -316,6 +317,16 @@ void default_machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
 	if (!kdump_in_progress())
 		kexec_prepare_cpus();
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES
+	/*
+	 * This must be done after other CPUs have shut down, otherwise they
+	 * could execute the 'scv' instruction, which is not supported with
+	 * reloc disabled (see configure_exceptions()).
+	 */
+	if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_SET_MODE))
+		pseries_disable_reloc_on_exc();
+#endif
+
 	printk("kexec: Starting switchover sequence.\n");
 
 	/* switch to a staticly allocated stack.  Based on irq stack code.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/kexec.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/kexec.c
index 096d09ed89f6..431be156ca9b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/kexec.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/kexec.c
@@ -61,11 +61,3 @@ void pseries_kexec_cpu_down(int crash_shutdown, int secondary)
 	} else
 		xics_kexec_teardown_cpu(secondary);
 }
-
-void pseries_machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
-{
-	if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_SET_MODE))
-		pseries_disable_reloc_on_exc();
-
-	default_machine_kexec(image);
-}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pseries.h b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pseries.h
index 8376f03f932a..dd6c569f6806 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pseries.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pseries.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ static inline void smp_init_pseries(void) { }
 #endif
 
 extern void pseries_kexec_cpu_down(int crash_shutdown, int secondary);
-void pseries_machine_kexec(struct kimage *image);
 
 extern void pSeries_final_fixup(void);
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index ecea85c74c43..ad4d4d38e50a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -1153,7 +1153,6 @@ define_machine(pseries) {
 	.machine_check_exception = pSeries_machine_check_exception,
 	.machine_check_log_err	= pSeries_machine_check_log_err,
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE
-	.machine_kexec          = pseries_machine_kexec,
 	.kexec_cpu_down         = pseries_kexec_cpu_down,
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG