diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c
index 0cd9b16612e7c0c8ca841a45dd2ec470ac9bd76a..1ce940811492428ef62a273b2f7a1055b84a9c9a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -885,26 +885,44 @@ void flush_dcache_page_all(struct mm_struct *mm, struct page *page)
 	put_cpu();
 }
 
+static void __smp_receive_signal_mask(cpumask_t mask)
+{
+	smp_cross_call_masked(&xcall_receive_signal, 0, 0, 0, mask);
+}
+
 void smp_receive_signal(int cpu)
 {
 	cpumask_t mask = cpumask_of_cpu(cpu);
 
-	if (cpu_online(cpu)) {
-		u64 data0 = (((u64)&xcall_receive_signal) & 0xffffffff);
-
-		if (tlb_type == spitfire)
-			spitfire_xcall_deliver(data0, 0, 0, mask);
-		else if (tlb_type == cheetah || tlb_type == cheetah_plus)
-			cheetah_xcall_deliver(data0, 0, 0, mask);
-		else if (tlb_type == hypervisor)
-			hypervisor_xcall_deliver(data0, 0, 0, mask);
-	}
+	if (cpu_online(cpu))
+		__smp_receive_signal_mask(mask);
 }
 
 void smp_receive_signal_client(int irq, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	/* Just return, rtrap takes care of the rest. */
+	struct mm_struct *mm;
+
 	clear_softint(1 << irq);
+
+	/* See if we need to allocate a new TLB context because
+	 * the version of the one we are using is now out of date.
+	 */
+	mm = current->active_mm;
+	if (likely(mm)) {
+		if (unlikely(!CTX_VALID(mm->context))) {
+			unsigned long flags;
+
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&mm->context.lock, flags);
+			get_new_mmu_context(mm);
+			load_secondary_context(mm);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mm->context.lock, flags);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void smp_new_mmu_context_version(void)
+{
+	__smp_receive_signal_mask(cpu_online_map);
 }
 
 void smp_report_regs(void)
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c b/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c
index 16f0db38d932030cdfb20a86bcc9af7a9fb1c438..ccf083aecb65359dc455126f4938279cf7bb8ff2 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c
@@ -629,17 +629,20 @@ void __flush_dcache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
  * let the user have CTX 0 (nucleus) or we ever use a CTX
  * version of zero (and thus NO_CONTEXT would not be caught
  * by version mis-match tests in mmu_context.h).
+ *
+ * Always invoked with interrupts disabled.
  */
 void get_new_mmu_context(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	unsigned long ctx, new_ctx;
 	unsigned long orig_pgsz_bits;
-	
+	int new_version;
 
 	spin_lock(&ctx_alloc_lock);
 	orig_pgsz_bits = (mm->context.sparc64_ctx_val & CTX_PGSZ_MASK);
 	ctx = (tlb_context_cache + 1) & CTX_NR_MASK;
 	new_ctx = find_next_zero_bit(mmu_context_bmap, 1 << CTX_NR_BITS, ctx);
+	new_version = 0;
 	if (new_ctx >= (1 << CTX_NR_BITS)) {
 		new_ctx = find_next_zero_bit(mmu_context_bmap, ctx, 1);
 		if (new_ctx >= ctx) {
@@ -662,6 +665,7 @@ void get_new_mmu_context(struct mm_struct *mm)
 				mmu_context_bmap[i + 2] = 0;
 				mmu_context_bmap[i + 3] = 0;
 			}
+			new_version = 1;
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}
@@ -671,6 +675,9 @@ out:
 	tlb_context_cache = new_ctx;
 	mm->context.sparc64_ctx_val = new_ctx | orig_pgsz_bits;
 	spin_unlock(&ctx_alloc_lock);
+
+	if (unlikely(new_version))
+		smp_new_mmu_context_version();
 }
 
 void sparc_ultra_dump_itlb(void)
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/mmu.h b/include/asm-sparc64/mmu.h
index 473d990848ee910702de2190396d32e06aa01795..1504d303a1d50eff609c1924d9851507faed29ac 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/mmu.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/mmu.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ extern void __tsb_insert(unsigned long ent, unsigned long tag, unsigned long pte
 extern void tsb_flush(unsigned long ent, unsigned long tag);
 
 typedef struct {
+	spinlock_t		lock;
 	unsigned long		sparc64_ctx_val;
 	struct tsb		*tsb;
 	unsigned long		tsb_rss_limit;
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/mmu_context.h b/include/asm-sparc64/mmu_context.h
index eb660b1609c4d7e51ba24620a60872271fb78c05..4be40c58e3c15dc9592cc69302c1b07e5acf9637 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/mmu_context.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/mmu_context.h
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ extern unsigned long tlb_context_cache;
 extern unsigned long mmu_context_bmap[];
 
 extern void get_new_mmu_context(struct mm_struct *mm);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+extern void smp_new_mmu_context_version(void);
+#else
+#define smp_new_mmu_context_version() do { } while (0)
+#endif
+
 extern int init_new_context(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm);
 extern void destroy_context(struct mm_struct *mm);
 
@@ -58,21 +64,17 @@ extern void smp_tsb_sync(struct mm_struct *mm);
 
 extern void __flush_tlb_mm(unsigned long, unsigned long);
 
-/* Switch the current MM context. */
+/* Switch the current MM context.  Interrupts are disabled.  */
 static inline void switch_mm(struct mm_struct *old_mm, struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	unsigned long ctx_valid;
 	int cpu;
 
-	/* Note: page_table_lock is used here to serialize switch_mm
-	 * and activate_mm, and their calls to get_new_mmu_context.
-	 * This use of page_table_lock is unrelated to its other uses.
-	 */ 
-	spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
+	spin_lock(&mm->context.lock);
 	ctx_valid = CTX_VALID(mm->context);
 	if (!ctx_valid)
 		get_new_mmu_context(mm);
-	spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&mm->context.lock);
 
 	if (!ctx_valid || (old_mm != mm)) {
 		load_secondary_context(mm);
@@ -98,19 +100,16 @@ static inline void switch_mm(struct mm_struct *old_mm, struct mm_struct *mm, str
 /* Activate a new MM instance for the current task. */
 static inline void activate_mm(struct mm_struct *active_mm, struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
 	int cpu;
 
-	/* Note: page_table_lock is used here to serialize switch_mm
-	 * and activate_mm, and their calls to get_new_mmu_context.
-	 * This use of page_table_lock is unrelated to its other uses.
-	 */ 
-	spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&mm->context.lock, flags);
 	if (!CTX_VALID(mm->context))
 		get_new_mmu_context(mm);
 	cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	if (!cpu_isset(cpu, mm->cpu_vm_mask))
 		cpu_set(cpu, mm->cpu_vm_mask);
-	spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mm->context.lock, flags);
 
 	load_secondary_context(mm);
 	__flush_tlb_mm(CTX_HWBITS(mm->context), SECONDARY_CONTEXT);