diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
index 4095749c973f..6dedf9b05a86 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
@@ -168,6 +168,14 @@ struct opal_sg_list {
 #define OPAL_IPMI_RECV				108
 #define OPAL_I2C_REQUEST			109
 
+/* Device tree flags */
+
+/* Flags set in power-mgmt nodes in device tree if
+ * respective idle states are supported in the platform.
+ */
+#define OPAL_PM_NAP_ENABLED	0x00010000
+#define OPAL_PM_SLEEP_ENABLED	0x00020000
+
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/powernv.h b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/powernv.h
index 6c8e2d188cd0..604c48e7879a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/powernv.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/powernv.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ static inline u64 pnv_pci_dma_get_required_mask(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 }
 #endif
 
+extern u32 pnv_get_supported_cpuidle_states(void);
+
 extern void pnv_lpc_init(void);
 
 bool cpu_core_split_required(void);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
index 30b1c3e298a6..88e579e62a73 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
@@ -288,6 +288,55 @@ static void __init pnv_setup_machdep_rtas(void)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_POWERNV_RTAS */
 
+static u32 supported_cpuidle_states;
+
+u32 pnv_get_supported_cpuidle_states(void)
+{
+	return supported_cpuidle_states;
+}
+
+static int __init pnv_init_idle_states(void)
+{
+	struct device_node *power_mgt;
+	int dt_idle_states;
+	const __be32 *idle_state_flags;
+	u32 len_flags, flags;
+	int i;
+
+	supported_cpuidle_states = 0;
+
+	if (cpuidle_disable != IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_OPALv3))
+		return 0;
+
+	power_mgt = of_find_node_by_path("/ibm,opal/power-mgt");
+	if (!power_mgt) {
+		pr_warn("opal: PowerMgmt Node not found\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	idle_state_flags = of_get_property(power_mgt,
+			"ibm,cpu-idle-state-flags", &len_flags);
+	if (!idle_state_flags) {
+		pr_warn("DT-PowerMgmt: missing ibm,cpu-idle-state-flags\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	dt_idle_states = len_flags / sizeof(u32);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dt_idle_states; i++) {
+		flags = be32_to_cpu(idle_state_flags[i]);
+		supported_cpuidle_states |= flags;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+subsys_initcall(pnv_init_idle_states);
+
+
 static int __init pnv_probe(void)
 {
 	unsigned long root = of_get_flat_dt_root();
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c
index b716f666e48a..83299ef2dc3d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/smp.c
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ static void pnv_smp_cpu_kill_self(void)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu;
 	unsigned long srr1;
+	u32 idle_states;
 
 	/* Standard hot unplug procedure */
 	local_irq_disable();
@@ -160,13 +161,17 @@ static void pnv_smp_cpu_kill_self(void)
 	generic_set_cpu_dead(cpu);
 	smp_wmb();
 
+	idle_states = pnv_get_supported_cpuidle_states();
 	/* We don't want to take decrementer interrupts while we are offline,
 	 * so clear LPCR:PECE1. We keep PECE2 enabled.
 	 */
 	mtspr(SPRN_LPCR, mfspr(SPRN_LPCR) & ~(u64)LPCR_PECE1);
 	while (!generic_check_cpu_restart(cpu)) {
 		ppc64_runlatch_off();
-		srr1 = power7_nap(1);
+		if (idle_states & OPAL_PM_SLEEP_ENABLED)
+			srr1 = power7_sleep();
+		else
+			srr1 = power7_nap(1);
 		ppc64_runlatch_on();
 
 		/*
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c
index 7d3a3497dd4c..0a7d827897e4 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c
@@ -16,13 +16,10 @@
 
 #include <asm/machdep.h>
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
+#include <asm/opal.h>
 #include <asm/runlatch.h>
 
-/* Flags and constants used in PowerNV platform */
-
 #define MAX_POWERNV_IDLE_STATES	8
-#define IDLE_USE_INST_NAP	0x00010000 /* Use nap instruction */
-#define IDLE_USE_INST_SLEEP	0x00020000 /* Use sleep instruction */
 
 struct cpuidle_driver powernv_idle_driver = {
 	.name             = "powernv_idle",
@@ -198,7 +195,7 @@ static int powernv_add_idle_states(void)
 		 * target residency to be 10x exit_latency
 		 */
 		latency_ns = be32_to_cpu(idle_state_latency[i]);
-		if (flags & IDLE_USE_INST_NAP) {
+		if (flags & OPAL_PM_NAP_ENABLED) {
 			/* Add NAP state */
 			strcpy(powernv_states[nr_idle_states].name, "Nap");
 			strcpy(powernv_states[nr_idle_states].desc, "Nap");
@@ -211,7 +208,7 @@ static int powernv_add_idle_states(void)
 			nr_idle_states++;
 		}
 
-		if (flags & IDLE_USE_INST_SLEEP) {
+		if (flags & OPAL_PM_SLEEP_ENABLED) {
 			/* Add FASTSLEEP state */
 			strcpy(powernv_states[nr_idle_states].name, "FastSleep");
 			strcpy(powernv_states[nr_idle_states].desc, "FastSleep");