diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nmi.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nmi.h
index 6f8e79cd35d8..3760150a0ff0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nmi.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nmi.h
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_NMI_H
 #define _ASM_NMI_H
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_WATCHDOG
 extern void arch_touch_nmi_watchdog(void);
-
 extern void arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace(const cpumask_t *mask,
 					   bool exclude_self);
 #define arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kvm.c
index 1086ea37c832..9ad37f827a97 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <linux/kvm_para.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
-#include <linux/nmi.h> /* hardlockup_detector_disable() */
 
 #include <asm/reg.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
@@ -719,12 +718,6 @@ static __init void kvm_free_tmp(void)
 
 static int __init kvm_guest_init(void)
 {
-	/*
-	 * The hardlockup detector is likely to get false positives in
-	 * KVM guests, so disable it by default.
-	 */
-	hardlockup_detector_disable();
-
 	if (!kvm_para_available())
 		goto free_tmp;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
index 7393bac3c7f4..b89c6aac48c9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -756,3 +756,31 @@ unsigned long memory_block_size_bytes(void)
 struct ppc_pci_io ppc_pci_io;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ppc_pci_io);
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_PERF
+u64 hw_nmi_get_sample_period(int watchdog_thresh)
+{
+	return ppc_proc_freq * watchdog_thresh;
+}
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * The perf based hardlockup detector breaks PMU event based branches, so
+ * disable it by default. Book3S has a soft-nmi hardlockup detector based
+ * on the decrementer interrupt, so it does not suffer from this problem.
+ *
+ * It is likely to get false positives in VM guests, so disable it there
+ * by default too.
+ */
+static int __init disable_hardlockup_detector(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_PERF
+	hardlockup_detector_disable();
+#else
+	if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR))
+		hardlockup_detector_disable();
+#endif
+
+	return 0;
+}
+early_initcall(disable_hardlockup_detector);