diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/spapr.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/spapr.c
index 091f1d0d0af1..864de3a733c7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/spapr.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/spapr.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 
 #include <asm/prom.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
@@ -108,6 +109,51 @@ static void xive_irq_bitmap_free(int irq)
 	}
 }
 
+
+/* Based on the similar routines in RTAS */
+static unsigned int plpar_busy_delay_time(long rc)
+{
+	unsigned int ms = 0;
+
+	if (H_IS_LONG_BUSY(rc)) {
+		ms = get_longbusy_msecs(rc);
+	} else if (rc == H_BUSY) {
+		ms = 10; /* seems appropriate for XIVE hcalls */
+	}
+
+	return ms;
+}
+
+static unsigned int plpar_busy_delay(int rc)
+{
+	unsigned int ms;
+
+	ms = plpar_busy_delay_time(rc);
+	if (ms)
+		mdelay(ms);
+
+	return ms;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Note: this call has a partition wide scope and can take a while to
+ * complete. If it returns H_LONG_BUSY_* it should be retried
+ * periodically.
+ */
+static long plpar_int_reset(unsigned long flags)
+{
+	long rc;
+
+	do {
+		rc = plpar_hcall_norets(H_INT_RESET, flags);
+	} while (plpar_busy_delay(rc));
+
+	if (rc)
+		pr_err("H_INT_RESET failed %ld\n", rc);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 static long plpar_int_get_source_info(unsigned long flags,
 				      unsigned long lisn,
 				      unsigned long *src_flags,
@@ -445,11 +491,7 @@ static void xive_spapr_put_ipi(unsigned int cpu, struct xive_cpu *xc)
 
 static void xive_spapr_shutdown(void)
 {
-	long rc;
-
-	rc = plpar_hcall_norets(H_INT_RESET, 0);
-	if (rc)
-		pr_err("H_INT_RESET failed %ld\n", rc);
+	plpar_int_reset(0);
 }
 
 /*