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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
index e037c7494fd8..4174b4b23246 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
@@ -568,6 +568,12 @@ static void rtas_flash_firmware(int reboot_type)
}
/*
+ * Just before starting the firmware flash, cancel the event scan work
+ * to avoid any soft lockup issues.
+ */
+ rtas_cancel_event_scan();
+
+ /*
* NOTE: the "first" block must be under 4GB, so we create
* an entry with no data blocks in the reserved buffer in
* the kernel data segment.