diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
index beec7883d93e..e1109fd87ff4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/time.h>
 
 struct pci_dev;
 struct pci_bus;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ struct eeh_pe {
 	struct pci_bus *bus;		/* Top PCI bus for bus PE	*/
 	int check_count;		/* Times of ignored error	*/
 	int freeze_count;		/* Times of froze up		*/
+	struct timeval tstamp;		/* Time on first-time freeze	*/
 	int false_positives;		/* Times of reported #ff's	*/
 	struct eeh_pe *parent;		/* Parent PE			*/
 	struct list_head child_list;	/* Link PE to the child list	*/
@@ -190,6 +192,7 @@ struct eeh_pe *eeh_phb_pe_get(struct pci_controller *phb);
 struct eeh_pe *eeh_pe_get(struct eeh_dev *edev);
 int eeh_add_to_parent_pe(struct eeh_dev *edev);
 int eeh_rmv_from_parent_pe(struct eeh_dev *edev, int purge_pe);
+void eeh_pe_update_time_stamp(struct eeh_pe *pe);
 void *eeh_pe_dev_traverse(struct eeh_pe *root,
 		eeh_traverse_func fn, void *flag);
 void eeh_pe_restore_bars(struct eeh_pe *pe);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
index fb927af9a9ef..678bc6cddf82 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
@@ -349,10 +349,12 @@ static void *eeh_report_failure(void *data, void *userdata)
  */
 static int eeh_reset_device(struct eeh_pe *pe, struct pci_bus *bus)
 {
+	struct timeval tstamp;
 	int cnt, rc;
 
 	/* pcibios will clear the counter; save the value */
 	cnt = pe->freeze_count;
+	tstamp = pe->tstamp;
 
 	/*
 	 * We don't remove the corresponding PE instances because
@@ -385,6 +387,8 @@ static int eeh_reset_device(struct eeh_pe *pe, struct pci_bus *bus)
 		ssleep(5);
 		pcibios_add_pci_devices(bus);
 	}
+
+	pe->tstamp = tstamp;
 	pe->freeze_count = cnt;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -425,6 +429,7 @@ void eeh_handle_event(struct eeh_pe *pe)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	eeh_pe_update_time_stamp(pe);
 	pe->freeze_count++;
 	if (pe->freeze_count > EEH_MAX_ALLOWED_FREEZES)
 		goto excess_failures;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c
index c96366758acf..ae75722c0583 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c
@@ -481,6 +481,33 @@ int eeh_rmv_from_parent_pe(struct eeh_dev *edev, int purge_pe)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * eeh_pe_update_time_stamp - Update PE's frozen time stamp
+ * @pe: EEH PE
+ *
+ * We have time stamp for each PE to trace its time of getting
+ * frozen in last hour. The function should be called to update
+ * the time stamp on first error of the specific PE. On the other
+ * handle, we needn't account for errors happened in last hour.
+ */
+void eeh_pe_update_time_stamp(struct eeh_pe *pe)
+{
+	struct timeval tstamp;
+
+	if (!pe) return;
+
+	if (pe->freeze_count <= 0) {
+		pe->freeze_count = 0;
+		do_gettimeofday(&pe->tstamp);
+	} else {
+		do_gettimeofday(&tstamp);
+		if (tstamp.tv_sec - pe->tstamp.tv_sec > 3600) {
+			pe->tstamp = tstamp;
+			pe->freeze_count = 0;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * __eeh_pe_state_mark - Mark the state for the PE
  * @data: EEH PE