diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c
index fe14186a8cef..d20aecc52ece 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c
@@ -406,6 +406,20 @@ static inline struct rtas_error_log *fwnmi_get_errlog(void)
 	return (struct rtas_error_log *)local_paca->mce_data_buf;
 }
 
+static __be64 *fwnmi_get_savep(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	unsigned long savep_ra;
+
+	/* Mask top two bits */
+	savep_ra = regs->gpr[3] & ~(0x3UL << 62);
+	if (!VALID_FWNMI_BUFFER(savep_ra)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "FWNMI: corrupt r3 0x%016lx\n", regs->gpr[3]);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return __va(savep_ra);
+}
+
 /*
  * Get the error information for errors coming through the
  * FWNMI vectors.  The pt_regs' r3 will be updated to reflect
@@ -423,20 +437,14 @@ static inline struct rtas_error_log *fwnmi_get_errlog(void)
  */
 static struct rtas_error_log *fwnmi_get_errinfo(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	unsigned long savep_ra;
-	unsigned long *savep;
 	struct rtas_error_log *h;
+	__be64 *savep;
 
-	/* Mask top two bits */
-	savep_ra = regs->gpr[3] & ~(0x3UL << 62);
-
-	if (!VALID_FWNMI_BUFFER(savep_ra)) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "FWNMI: corrupt r3 0x%016lx\n", regs->gpr[3]);
+	savep = fwnmi_get_savep(regs);
+	if (!savep)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
-	savep = __va(savep_ra);
-	regs->gpr[3] = be64_to_cpu(savep[0]);	/* restore original r3 */
+	regs->gpr[3] = be64_to_cpu(savep[0]); /* restore original r3 */
 
 	h = (struct rtas_error_log *)&savep[1];
 	/* Use the per cpu buffer from paca to store rtas error log */
@@ -483,11 +491,21 @@ int pSeries_system_reset_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 #endif
 
 	if (fwnmi_active) {
-		struct rtas_error_log *errhdr = fwnmi_get_errinfo(regs);
-		if (errhdr) {
-			/* XXX Should look at FWNMI information */
-		}
-		fwnmi_release_errinfo();
+		__be64 *savep;
+
+		/*
+		 * Firmware (PowerVM and KVM) saves r3 to a save area like
+		 * machine check, which is not exactly what PAPR (2.9)
+		 * suggests but there is no way to detect otherwise, so this
+		 * is the interface now.
+		 *
+		 * System resets do not save any error log or require an
+		 * "ibm,nmi-interlock" rtas call to release.
+		 */
+
+		savep = fwnmi_get_savep(regs);
+		if (savep)
+			regs->gpr[3] = be64_to_cpu(savep[0]); /* restore original r3 */
 	}
 
 	if (smp_handle_nmi_ipi(regs))