diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 52a9853b8ebf8c..1d2be228661c45 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ config PPC
 	select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
 	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
 	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
+	select HAVE_PREEMPT_LAZY
 	select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 7efee4a3240ba2..40e6fa1b85b28d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ struct thread_info {
 	int		cpu;			/* cpu we're on */
 	int		preempt_count;		/* 0 => preemptable,
 						   <0 => BUG */
+	int		preempt_lazy_count;	 /* 0 => preemptable,
+						   <0 => BUG */
 	unsigned long	local_flags;		/* private flags for thread */
 
 	/* low level flags - has atomic operations done on it */
@@ -82,8 +84,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	0	/* syscall trace active */
 #define TIF_SIGPENDING		1	/* signal pending */
 #define TIF_NEED_RESCHED	2	/* rescheduling necessary */
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	3	/* true if poll_idle() is polling
-					   TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
+#define TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY	3	/* lazy rescheduling necessary */
 #define TIF_32BIT		4	/* 32 bit binary */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_TM		5	/* need to restore TM FP/VEC/VSX */
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	7	/* syscall auditing active */
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #if defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
 #define TIF_ELF2ABI		18	/* function descriptors must die! */
 #endif
+#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	19	/* true if poll_idle() is polling
+					   TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 
 /* as above, but as bit values */
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
@@ -119,14 +122,16 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)
 #define _TIF_EMULATE_STACK_STORE	(1<<TIF_EMULATE_STACK_STORE)
 #define _TIF_NOHZ		(1<<TIF_NOHZ)
+#define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY	(1<<TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_DOTRACE	(_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE | _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT | \
 				 _TIF_SECCOMP | _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT | \
 				 _TIF_NOHZ)
 
 #define _TIF_USER_WORK_MASK	(_TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_NEED_RESCHED | \
 				 _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME | _TIF_UPROBE | \
-				 _TIF_RESTORE_TM)
+				 _TIF_RESTORE_TM | _TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY)
 #define _TIF_PERSYSCALL_MASK	(_TIF_RESTOREALL|_TIF_NOERROR)
+#define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED_MASK	(_TIF_NEED_RESCHED | _TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY)
 
 /* Bits in local_flags */
 /* Don't move TLF_NAPPING without adjusting the code in entry_32.S */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 221d584d089f94..d6d0c59ef8aee2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ int main(void)
 	DEFINE(TI_FLAGS, offsetof(struct thread_info, flags));
 	DEFINE(TI_LOCAL_FLAGS, offsetof(struct thread_info, local_flags));
 	DEFINE(TI_PREEMPT, offsetof(struct thread_info, preempt_count));
+	DEFINE(TI_PREEMPT_LAZY, offsetof(struct thread_info, preempt_lazy_count));
 	DEFINE(TI_TASK, offsetof(struct thread_info, task));
 	DEFINE(TI_CPU, offsetof(struct thread_info, cpu));
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
index 2405631e91a29d..c21b4b42eaa0bc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -818,7 +818,14 @@ resume_kernel:
 	cmpwi	0,r0,0		/* if non-zero, just restore regs and return */
 	bne	restore
 	andi.	r8,r8,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED
+	bne+	1f
+	lwz	r0,TI_PREEMPT_LAZY(r9)
+	cmpwi	0,r0,0		/* if non-zero, just restore regs and return */
+	bne	restore
+	lwz	r0,TI_FLAGS(r9)
+	andi.	r0,r0,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY
 	beq+	restore
+1:
 	lwz	r3,_MSR(r1)
 	andi.	r0,r3,MSR_EE	/* interrupts off? */
 	beq	restore		/* don't schedule if so */
@@ -829,11 +836,11 @@ resume_kernel:
 	 */
 	bl	trace_hardirqs_off
 #endif
-1:	bl	preempt_schedule_irq
+2:	bl	preempt_schedule_irq
 	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r9, r1)
 	lwz	r3,TI_FLAGS(r9)
-	andi.	r0,r3,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED
-	bne-	1b
+	andi.	r0,r3,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED_MASK
+	bne-	2b
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS
 	/* And now, to properly rebalance the above, we tell lockdep they
 	 * are being turned back on, which will happen when we return
@@ -1154,7 +1161,7 @@ global_dbcr0:
 #endif /* !(CONFIG_4xx || CONFIG_BOOKE) */
 
 do_work:			/* r10 contains MSR_KERNEL here */
-	andi.	r0,r9,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED
+	andi.	r0,r9,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED_MASK
 	beq	do_user_signal
 
 do_resched:			/* r10 contains MSR_KERNEL here */
@@ -1175,7 +1182,7 @@ recheck:
 	MTMSRD(r10)		/* disable interrupts */
 	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r9, r1)
 	lwz	r9,TI_FLAGS(r9)
-	andi.	r0,r9,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED
+	andi.	r0,r9,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED_MASK
 	bne-	do_resched
 	andi.	r0,r9,_TIF_USER_WORK_MASK
 	beq	restore_user
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index a94f155db78e83..5bb3148e592ba9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ _GLOBAL(ret_from_except_lite)
 #else
 	beq	restore
 #endif
-1:	andi.	r0,r4,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED
+1:	andi.	r0,r4,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED_MASK
 	beq	2f
 	bl	restore_interrupts
 	SCHEDULE_USER
@@ -745,10 +745,18 @@ resume_kernel:
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
 	/* Check if we need to preempt */
+	lwz	r8,TI_PREEMPT(r9)
+	cmpwi	0,r8,0		/* if non-zero, just restore regs and return */
+	bne	restore
 	andi.	r0,r4,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED
+	bne+	check_count
+
+	andi.	r0,r4,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY
 	beq+	restore
+	lwz	r8,TI_PREEMPT_LAZY(r9)
+
 	/* Check that preempt_count() == 0 and interrupts are enabled */
-	lwz	r8,TI_PREEMPT(r9)
+check_count:
 	cmpwi	cr1,r8,0
 	ld	r0,SOFTE(r1)
 	cmpdi	r0,0
@@ -765,7 +773,7 @@ resume_kernel:
 	/* Re-test flags and eventually loop */
 	CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r9, r1)
 	ld	r4,TI_FLAGS(r9)
-	andi.	r0,r4,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED
+	andi.	r0,r4,_TIF_NEED_RESCHED_MASK
 	bne	1b
 
 	/*