diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h
index b894b7169706e6..a1d238255f077d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h
@@ -528,10 +528,9 @@ static __always_inline long ____##func(struct pt_regs *regs)
 /* kernel/traps.c */
 DECLARE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_NMI(system_reset_exception);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
-DECLARE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_ASYNC(machine_check_exception);
-#else
-DECLARE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_NMI(machine_check_exception);
+DECLARE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_ASYNC(machine_check_exception_async);
 #endif
+DECLARE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_NMI(machine_check_exception);
 DECLARE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER(SMIException);
 DECLARE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER(handle_hmi_exception);
 DECLARE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER(unknown_exception);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
index 024d9231f88c39..eaf1f72131a18f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ EXC_COMMON_BEGIN(machine_check_common)
 	li	r10,MSR_RI
 	mtmsrd 	r10,1
 	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
-	bl	machine_check_exception
+	bl	machine_check_exception_async
 	b	interrupt_return_srr
 
 
@@ -1303,7 +1303,11 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_HVMODE)
 	subi	r12,r12,1
 	sth	r12,PACA_IN_MCE(r13)
 
-	/* Invoke machine_check_exception to print MCE event and panic. */
+	/*
+	 * Invoke machine_check_exception to print MCE event and panic.
+	 * This is the NMI version of the handler because we are called from
+	 * the early handler which is a true NMI.
+	 */
 	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
 	bl	machine_check_exception
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index e453b666613bba..11741703d26e07 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -796,24 +796,22 @@ void die_mce(const char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, long err)
 	 * do_exit() checks for in_interrupt() and panics in that case, so
 	 * exit the irq/nmi before calling die.
 	 */
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64))
-		irq_exit();
-	else
+	if (in_nmi())
 		nmi_exit();
+	else
+		irq_exit();
 	die(str, regs, err);
 }
 
 /*
- * BOOK3S_64 does not call this handler as a non-maskable interrupt
+ * BOOK3S_64 does not usually call this handler as a non-maskable interrupt
  * (it uses its own early real-mode handler to handle the MCE proper
  * and then raises irq_work to call this handler when interrupts are
- * enabled).
+ * enabled). The only time when this is not true is if the early handler
+ * is unrecoverable, then it does call this directly to try to get a
+ * message out.
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
-DEFINE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_ASYNC(machine_check_exception)
-#else
-DEFINE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_NMI(machine_check_exception)
-#endif
+static void __machine_check_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	int recover = 0;
 
@@ -847,12 +845,19 @@ DEFINE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_NMI(machine_check_exception)
 	/* Must die if the interrupt is not recoverable */
 	if (regs_is_unrecoverable(regs))
 		die_mce("Unrecoverable Machine check", regs, SIGBUS);
+}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
-	return;
-#else
-	return 0;
+DEFINE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_ASYNC(machine_check_exception_async)
+{
+	__machine_check_exception(regs);
+}
 #endif
+DEFINE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_NMI(machine_check_exception)
+{
+	__machine_check_exception(regs);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 DEFINE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER(SMIException) /* async? */