diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/idle.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/idle.h
index 32064a4c0dd7..b90d75aa1f9e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/idle.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/idle.h
@@ -5,10 +5,27 @@
 #include <asm/paca.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES
-static inline void pseries_idle_prolog(unsigned long *in_purr)
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(u64, idle_entry_purr_snap);
+
+static inline void snapshot_purr_idle_entry(void)
+{
+	*this_cpu_ptr(&idle_entry_purr_snap) = mfspr(SPRN_PURR);
+}
+
+static inline void update_idle_purr_accounting(void)
+{
+	u64 wait_cycles;
+	u64 in_purr = *this_cpu_ptr(&idle_entry_purr_snap);
+
+	wait_cycles = be64_to_cpu(get_lppaca()->wait_state_cycles);
+	wait_cycles += mfspr(SPRN_PURR) - in_purr;
+	get_lppaca()->wait_state_cycles = cpu_to_be64(wait_cycles);
+}
+
+static inline void pseries_idle_prolog(void)
 {
 	ppc64_runlatch_off();
-	*in_purr = mfspr(SPRN_PURR);
+	snapshot_purr_idle_entry();
 	/*
 	 * Indicate to the HV that we are idle. Now would be
 	 * a good time to find other work to dispatch.
@@ -16,16 +33,12 @@ static inline void pseries_idle_prolog(unsigned long *in_purr)
 	get_lppaca()->idle = 1;
 }
 
-static inline void pseries_idle_epilog(unsigned long in_purr)
+static inline void pseries_idle_epilog(void)
 {
-	u64 wait_cycles;
-
-	wait_cycles = be64_to_cpu(get_lppaca()->wait_state_cycles);
-	wait_cycles += mfspr(SPRN_PURR) - in_purr;
-	get_lppaca()->wait_state_cycles = cpu_to_be64(wait_cycles);
+	update_idle_purr_accounting();
 	get_lppaca()->idle = 0;
-
 	ppc64_runlatch_on();
 }
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES */
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index 2f53e6b031a7..4905c965e111 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -318,10 +318,9 @@ static int alloc_dispatch_log_kmem_cache(void)
 }
 machine_early_initcall(pseries, alloc_dispatch_log_kmem_cache);
 
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, idle_entry_purr_snap);
 static void pseries_lpar_idle(void)
 {
-	unsigned long in_purr;
-
 	/*
 	 * Default handler to go into low thread priority and possibly
 	 * low power mode by ceding processor to hypervisor
@@ -331,7 +330,7 @@ static void pseries_lpar_idle(void)
 		return;
 
 	/* Indicate to hypervisor that we are idle. */
-	pseries_idle_prolog(&in_purr);
+	pseries_idle_prolog();
 
 	/*
 	 * Yield the processor to the hypervisor.  We return if
@@ -342,7 +341,7 @@ static void pseries_lpar_idle(void)
 	 */
 	cede_processor();
 
-	pseries_idle_epilog(in_purr);
+	pseries_idle_epilog();
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
index 46d5e05fcf97..6513ef2af66a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
@@ -36,12 +36,11 @@ static int snooze_loop(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 			struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
 			int index)
 {
-	unsigned long in_purr;
 	u64 snooze_exit_time;
 
 	set_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
 
-	pseries_idle_prolog(&in_purr);
+	pseries_idle_prolog();
 	local_irq_enable();
 	snooze_exit_time = get_tb() + snooze_timeout;
 
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ static int snooze_loop(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 
 	local_irq_disable();
 
-	pseries_idle_epilog(in_purr);
+	pseries_idle_epilog();
 
 	return index;
 }
@@ -91,9 +90,8 @@ static int dedicated_cede_loop(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 				struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
 				int index)
 {
-	unsigned long in_purr;
 
-	pseries_idle_prolog(&in_purr);
+	pseries_idle_prolog();
 	get_lppaca()->donate_dedicated_cpu = 1;
 
 	HMT_medium();
@@ -102,7 +100,7 @@ static int dedicated_cede_loop(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 	local_irq_disable();
 	get_lppaca()->donate_dedicated_cpu = 0;
 
-	pseries_idle_epilog(in_purr);
+	pseries_idle_epilog();
 
 	return index;
 }
@@ -111,9 +109,8 @@ static int shared_cede_loop(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 			struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
 			int index)
 {
-	unsigned long in_purr;
 
-	pseries_idle_prolog(&in_purr);
+	pseries_idle_prolog();
 
 	/*
 	 * Yield the processor to the hypervisor.  We return if
@@ -125,7 +122,7 @@ static int shared_cede_loop(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 	check_and_cede_processor();
 
 	local_irq_disable();
-	pseries_idle_epilog(in_purr);
+	pseries_idle_epilog();
 
 	return index;
 }