diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
index 53512374e1c9..b7f8f4a87cc0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static inline void local_irq_disable(void)
 	__asm__ __volatile__("wrteei 0": : :"memory");
 #else
 	unsigned long msr;
-	__asm__ __volatile__("": : :"memory");
+
 	msr = mfmsr();
 	SET_MSR_EE(msr & ~MSR_EE);
 #endif
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static inline void local_irq_enable(void)
 	__asm__ __volatile__("wrteei 1": : :"memory");
 #else
 	unsigned long msr;
-	__asm__ __volatile__("": : :"memory");
+
 	msr = mfmsr();
 	SET_MSR_EE(msr | MSR_EE);
 #endif
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ static inline void local_irq_save_ptr(unsigned long *flags)
 #else
 	SET_MSR_EE(msr & ~MSR_EE);
 #endif
-	__asm__ __volatile__("": : :"memory");
 }
 
 #define local_save_flags(flags)	((flags) = mfmsr())
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
index fb359b0a6937..a3c28e46947c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
@@ -745,11 +745,11 @@
 			asm volatile("mfmsr %0" : "=r" (rval)); rval;})
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 #define __mtmsrd(v, l)	asm volatile("mtmsrd %0," __stringify(l) \
-				     : : "r" (v))
+				     : : "r" (v) : "memory")
 #define mtmsrd(v)	__mtmsrd((v), 0)
 #define mtmsr(v)	mtmsrd(v)
 #else
-#define mtmsr(v)	asm volatile("mtmsr %0" : : "r" (v))
+#define mtmsr(v)	asm volatile("mtmsr %0" : : "r" (v) : "memory")
 #endif
 
 #define mfspr(rn)	({unsigned long rval; \