diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-fsl-emb.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-fsl-emb.c
index 85f1d18e5fd3099c9d810eb5c5e6211bd144c959..ba485844d506cd7ad415655e031ad8d096baf1ae 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-fsl-emb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-fsl-emb.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(pmc_reserve_mutex);
 static inline int perf_intr_is_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 #ifdef __powerpc64__
-	return !regs->softe;
+	return (regs->softe & IRQS_DISABLED);
 #else
 	return 0;
 #endif