diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
index d30e6a676c89..ee21b5e71aec 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
@@ -1001,8 +1001,12 @@ static int mpic_host_map(struct irq_domain *h, unsigned int virq,
 
 	if (hw == mpic->spurious_vec)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (mpic->protected && test_bit(hw, mpic->protected))
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (mpic->protected && test_bit(hw, mpic->protected)) {
+		pr_warning("mpic: Mapping of source 0x%x failed, "
+			   "source protected by firmware !\n",\
+			   (unsigned int)hw);
+		return -EPERM;
+	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	else if (hw >= mpic->ipi_vecs[0]) {
@@ -1029,8 +1033,12 @@ static int mpic_host_map(struct irq_domain *h, unsigned int virq,
 	if (mpic_map_error_int(mpic, virq, hw))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (hw >= mpic->num_sources)
+	if (hw >= mpic->num_sources) {
+		pr_warning("mpic: Mapping of source 0x%x failed, "
+			   "source out of range !\n",\
+			   (unsigned int)hw);
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	mpic_msi_reserve_hwirq(mpic, hw);
 
diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
index 96f3a1d9c379..5a83dde8ca0c 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irqdomain.c
@@ -462,9 +462,23 @@ int irq_domain_associate_many(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int irq_base,
 		if (domain->ops->map) {
 			ret = domain->ops->map(domain, virq, hwirq);
 			if (ret != 0) {
-				pr_err("irq-%i==>hwirq-0x%lx mapping failed: %d\n",
-				       virq, hwirq, ret);
-				WARN_ON(1);
+				/*
+				 * If map() returns -EPERM, this interrupt is protected
+				 * by the firmware or some other service and shall not
+				 * be mapped.
+				 *
+				 * Since on some platforms we blindly try to map everything
+				 * we end up with a log full of backtraces.
+				 *
+				 * So instead, we silently fail on -EPERM, it is the
+				 * responsibility of the PIC driver to display a relevant
+				 * message if needed.
+				 */
+				if (ret != -EPERM) {
+					pr_err("irq-%i==>hwirq-0x%lx mapping failed: %d\n",
+					       virq, hwirq, ret);
+					WARN_ON(1);
+				}
 				irq_data->domain = NULL;
 				irq_data->hwirq = 0;
 				goto err_unmap;