diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
index deb99fd6e060..51f533b6ece0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
@@ -99,6 +99,36 @@ static inline int cpu_last_thread_sibling(int cpu)
 	return cpu | (threads_per_core - 1);
 }
 
+/*
+ * tlb_thread_siblings are siblings which share a TLB. This is not
+ * architected, is not something a hypervisor could emulate and a future
+ * CPU may change behaviour even in compat mode, so this should only be
+ * used on PowerNV, and only with care.
+ */
+static inline int cpu_first_tlb_thread_sibling(int cpu)
+{
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300) && (threads_per_core == 8))
+		return cpu & ~0x6;	/* Big Core */
+	else
+		return cpu_first_thread_sibling(cpu);
+}
+
+static inline int cpu_last_tlb_thread_sibling(int cpu)
+{
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300) && (threads_per_core == 8))
+		return cpu | 0x6;	/* Big Core */
+	else
+		return cpu_last_thread_sibling(cpu);
+}
+
+static inline int cpu_tlb_thread_sibling_step(void)
+{
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300) && (threads_per_core == 8))
+		return 2;		/* Big Core */
+	else
+		return 1;
+}
+
 static inline u32 get_tensr(void)
 {
 #ifdef	CONFIG_BOOKE
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 6938b793a015..9011857c0434 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -2536,7 +2536,7 @@ static void radix_flush_cpu(struct kvm *kvm, int cpu, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	cpumask_t *cpu_in_guest;
 	int i;
 
-	cpu = cpu_first_thread_sibling(cpu);
+	cpu = cpu_first_tlb_thread_sibling(cpu);
 	if (nested) {
 		cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &nested->need_tlb_flush);
 		cpu_in_guest = &nested->cpu_in_guest;
@@ -2550,9 +2550,10 @@ static void radix_flush_cpu(struct kvm *kvm, int cpu, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	 * the other side is the first smp_mb() in kvmppc_run_core().
 	 */
 	smp_mb();
-	for (i = 0; i < threads_per_core; ++i)
-		if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu + i, cpu_in_guest))
-			smp_call_function_single(cpu + i, do_nothing, NULL, 1);
+	for (i = cpu; i <= cpu_last_tlb_thread_sibling(cpu);
+					i += cpu_tlb_thread_sibling_step())
+		if (cpumask_test_cpu(i, cpu_in_guest))
+			smp_call_function_single(i, do_nothing, NULL, 1);
 }
 
 static void kvmppc_prepare_radix_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int pcpu)
@@ -2583,8 +2584,8 @@ static void kvmppc_prepare_radix_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int pcpu)
 	 */
 	if (prev_cpu != pcpu) {
 		if (prev_cpu >= 0 &&
-		    cpu_first_thread_sibling(prev_cpu) !=
-		    cpu_first_thread_sibling(pcpu))
+		    cpu_first_tlb_thread_sibling(prev_cpu) !=
+		    cpu_first_tlb_thread_sibling(pcpu))
 			radix_flush_cpu(kvm, prev_cpu, vcpu);
 		if (nested)
 			nested->prev_cpu[vcpu->arch.nested_vcpu_id] = pcpu;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_builtin.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_builtin.c
index 7c1909657b55..4a91b543a854 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_builtin.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_builtin.c
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ void kvmppc_check_need_tlb_flush(struct kvm *kvm, int pcpu,
 	 * Thus we make all 4 threads use the same bit.
 	 */
 	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300))
-		pcpu = cpu_first_thread_sibling(pcpu);
+		pcpu = cpu_first_tlb_thread_sibling(pcpu);
 
 	if (nested)
 		need_tlb_flush = &nested->need_tlb_flush;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_mmu.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_mmu.c
index 220305454c23..9bf3be438ac5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_mmu.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static int global_invalidates(struct kvm *kvm)
 		 * so use the bit for the first thread to represent the core.
 		 */
 		if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300))
-			cpu = cpu_first_thread_sibling(cpu);
+			cpu = cpu_first_tlb_thread_sibling(cpu);
 		cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, &kvm->arch.need_tlb_flush);
 	}