diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
index 466a2908bb634..611acdf300966 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/hardirq.h>
 
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/current.h>
@@ -335,10 +336,13 @@ void default_machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
 	pr_debug("kexec: Starting switchover sequence.\n");
 
 	/* switch to a staticly allocated stack.  Based on irq stack code.
+	 * We setup preempt_count to avoid using VMX in memcpy.
 	 * XXX: the task struct will likely be invalid once we do the copy!
 	 */
 	kexec_stack.thread_info.task = current_thread_info()->task;
 	kexec_stack.thread_info.flags = 0;
+	kexec_stack.thread_info.preempt_count = HARDIRQ_OFFSET;
+	kexec_stack.thread_info.cpu = current_thread_info()->cpu;
 
 	/* We need a static PACA, too; copy this CPU's PACA over and switch to
 	 * it.  Also poison per_cpu_offset to catch anyone using non-static