diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
index 9e56bc411061..74c247972bb3 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
@@ -247,7 +247,13 @@ static int pseries_idle_probe(void)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_SPLPAR)) {
-		if (lppaca_shared_proc(get_lppaca())) {
+		/*
+		 * Use local_paca instead of get_lppaca() since
+		 * preemption is not disabled, and it is not required in
+		 * fact, since lppaca_ptr does not need to be the value
+		 * associated to the current CPU, it can be from any CPU.
+		 */
+		if (lppaca_shared_proc(local_paca->lppaca_ptr)) {
 			cpuidle_state_table = shared_states;
 			max_idle_state = ARRAY_SIZE(shared_states);
 		} else {