diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/irqflags_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/irqflags_64.h
index 8b49bf920df3..a16e94c4b149 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/irqflags_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/irqflags_64.h
@@ -76,9 +76,19 @@ static inline int raw_irqs_disabled(void)
  */
 static inline unsigned long __raw_local_irq_save(void)
 {
-	unsigned long flags = __raw_local_save_flags();
+	unsigned long flags, tmp;
 
-	raw_local_irq_disable();
+	/* Disable interrupts to PIL_NORMAL_MAX unless we already
+	 * are using PIL_NMI, in which case PIL_NMI is retained.
+	 */
+	__asm__ __volatile__(
+		"rdpr	%%pil, %0\n\t"
+		"or	%0, %2, %1\n\t"
+		"wrpr	%1, 0x0, %%pil"
+		: "=r" (flags), "=r" (tmp)
+		: "i" (PIL_NORMAL_MAX)
+		: "memory"
+	);
 
 	return flags;
 }