diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
index f393a3867430..f70bd090dacd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
@@ -1623,6 +1623,15 @@ static int __init prom_find_machine_type(void)
 			if (strstr(p, RELOC("Power Macintosh")) ||
 			    strstr(p, RELOC("MacRISC")))
 				return PLATFORM_POWERMAC;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+			/* We must make sure we don't detect the IBM Cell
+			 * blades as pSeries due to some firmware issues,
+			 * so we do it here.
+			 */
+			if (strstr(p, RELOC("IBM,CBEA")) ||
+			    strstr(p, RELOC("IBM,CPBW-1.0")))
+				return PLATFORM_GENERIC;
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
 			i += sl + 1;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/setup.c
index 6574b22b3cf3..fd3e5609e3e0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/setup.c
@@ -125,14 +125,13 @@ static void __init cell_init_early(void)
 
 static int __init cell_probe(void)
 {
-	/* XXX This is temporary, the Cell maintainer will come up with
-	 * more appropriate detection logic
-	 */
 	unsigned long root = of_get_flat_dt_root();
-	if (!of_flat_dt_is_compatible(root, "IBM,CPBW-1.0"))
-		return 0;
 
-	return 1;
+	if (of_flat_dt_is_compatible(root, "IBM,CBEA") ||
+	    of_flat_dt_is_compatible(root, "IBM,CPBW-1.0"))
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index 5f79f01c44f2..3ba87835757e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ static int __init pSeries_probe_hypertas(unsigned long node,
 
 static int __init pSeries_probe(void)
 {
+	unsigned long root = of_get_flat_dt_root();
  	char *dtype = of_get_flat_dt_prop(of_get_flat_dt_root(),
  					  "device_type", NULL);
  	if (dtype == NULL)
@@ -396,6 +397,13 @@ static int __init pSeries_probe(void)
  	if (strcmp(dtype, "chrp"))
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Cell blades firmware claims to be chrp while it's not. Until this
+	 * is fixed, we need to avoid those here.
+	 */
+	if (of_flat_dt_is_compatible(root, "IBM,CPBW-1.0") ||
+	    of_flat_dt_is_compatible(root, "IBM,CBEA"))
+		return 0;
+
 	DBG("pSeries detected, looking for LPAR capability...\n");
 
 	/* Now try to figure out if we are running on LPAR */