diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
index 1078ba88efaf..9cd945f2acaf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static inline void __hard_EE_RI_disable(void)
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BOOKE))
 		wrtee(0);
 	else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_8xx))
-		wrtspr(SPRN_NRI);
+		wrtspr_sync(SPRN_NRI);
 	else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64))
 		__mtmsrd(0, 1);
 	else
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
index 3fe186635432..3449dd2b577d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
@@ -1400,6 +1400,7 @@ static inline void mtmsr_isync(unsigned long val)
 				     : "r" ((unsigned long)(v)) \
 				     : "memory")
 #define wrtspr(rn)	asm volatile("mtspr " __stringify(rn) ",2" : : : "memory")
+#define wrtspr_sync(rn)	asm volatile("mtspr " __stringify(rn) ",2; sync" : : : "memory")
 
 static inline void wrtee(unsigned long val)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
index 16f8ee6cb2cd..d8426251b1cd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -101,17 +101,6 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(__kuep_unlock)
 .endm
 #endif
 
-.macro	clr_ri trash
-#ifndef CONFIG_BOOKE
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_8xx
-	mtspr   SPRN_NRI, \trash
-#else
-	li	\trash, MSR_KERNEL & ~MSR_RI
-	mtmsr	\trash
-#endif
-#endif
-.endm
-
 	.globl	transfer_to_syscall
 transfer_to_syscall:
 	stw	r3, ORIG_GPR3(r1)
@@ -160,7 +149,6 @@ ret_from_syscall:
 	cmpwi	r3,0
 	REST_GPR(3, r1)
 syscall_exit_finish:
-	clr_ri	r4
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r7
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r8
 
@@ -237,7 +225,6 @@ fast_exception_return:
 	/* Clear the exception marker on the stack to avoid confusing stacktrace */
 	li	r10, 0
 	stw	r10, 8(r11)
-	clr_ri	r10
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r9
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r12
 	REST_GPR(9, r11)
@@ -270,7 +257,6 @@ interrupt_return:
 .Lfast_user_interrupt_return:
 	lwz	r11,_NIP(r1)
 	lwz	r12,_MSR(r1)
-	clr_ri	r4
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r11
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r12
 
@@ -313,7 +299,6 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_NEED_PAIRED_STWCX)
 	cmpwi	cr1,r3,0
 	lwz	r11,_NIP(r1)
 	lwz	r12,_MSR(r1)
-	clr_ri	r4
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r11
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r12
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c
index aea6f7e8e9c6..e63bfde13e03 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static inline bool exit_must_hard_disable(void)
 #else
 static inline bool exit_must_hard_disable(void)
 {
-	return false;
+	return true;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -443,6 +443,9 @@ notrace unsigned long interrupt_exit_kernel_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 		if (unlikely(stack_store))
 			__hard_EE_RI_disable();
+#else
+	} else {
+		__hard_EE_RI_disable();
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
 	}