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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
index b642b0562f5a..d019b081df9d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
@@ -194,6 +194,27 @@ static int __init opal_register_exception_handlers(void)
* fwnmi area at 0x7000 to provide the glue space to OPAL
*/
glue = 0x7000;
+
+ /*
+ * Check if we are running on newer firmware that exports
+ * OPAL_HANDLE_HMI token. If yes, then don't ask OPAL to patch
+ * the HMI interrupt and we catch it directly in Linux.
+ *
+ * For older firmware (i.e currently released POWER8 System Firmware
+ * as of today <= SV810_087), we fallback to old behavior and let OPAL
+ * patch the HMI vector and handle it inside OPAL firmware.
+ *
+ * For newer firmware (in development/yet to be released) we will
+ * start catching/handling HMI directly in Linux.
+ */
+ if (!opal_check_token(OPAL_HANDLE_HMI)) {
+ pr_info("opal: Old firmware detected, OPAL handles HMIs.\n");
+ opal_register_exception_handler(
+ OPAL_HYPERVISOR_MAINTENANCE_HANDLER,
+ 0, glue);
+ glue += 128;
+ }
+
opal_register_exception_handler(OPAL_SOFTPATCH_HANDLER, 0, glue);
#endif