diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
index e42d643a20ac..94cfcf33030a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ struct eeh_ops {
 
 extern int eeh_subsystem_flags;
 extern u32 eeh_max_freezes;
+extern bool eeh_debugfs_no_recover;
 extern struct eeh_ops *eeh_ops;
 extern raw_spinlock_t confirm_error_lock;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
index 8d36c50e906f..0996f22b2612 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(eeh_subsystem_flags);
  */
 u32 eeh_max_freezes = 5;
 
+/*
+ * Controls whether a recovery event should be scheduled when an
+ * isolated device is discovered. This is only really useful for
+ * debugging problems with the EEH core.
+ */
+bool eeh_debugfs_no_recover;
+
 /* Platform dependent EEH operations */
 struct eeh_ops *eeh_ops = NULL;
 
@@ -1843,6 +1850,9 @@ static int __init eeh_init_proc(void)
 					   &eeh_enable_dbgfs_ops);
 		debugfs_create_u32("eeh_max_freezes", 0600,
 				powerpc_debugfs_root, &eeh_max_freezes);
+		debugfs_create_bool("eeh_disable_recovery", 0600,
+				powerpc_debugfs_root,
+				&eeh_debugfs_no_recover);
 		eeh_cache_debugfs_init();
 #endif
 	}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_event.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_event.c
index 227e57f980df..19837798bb1d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_event.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_event.c
@@ -126,6 +126,15 @@ int eeh_send_failure_event(struct eeh_pe *pe)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct eeh_event *event;
 
+	/*
+	 * If we've manually supressed recovery events via debugfs
+	 * then just drop it on the floor.
+	 */
+	if (eeh_debugfs_no_recover) {
+		pr_err("EEH: Event dropped due to no_recover setting\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	event = kzalloc(sizeof(*event), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!event) {
 		pr_err("EEH: out of memory, event not handled\n");