1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/rtasd.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/rtasd.c
index 30925d29bcea..73401c820110 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/rtasd.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/rtasd.c
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ static unsigned int rtas_event_scan_rate;
 static int full_rtas_msgs = 0;
 
 /* Stop logging to nvram after first fatal error */
-static int no_more_logging;
-
+static int logging_enabled; /* Until we initialize everything,
+                             * make sure we don't try logging
+                             * anything */
 static int error_log_cnt;
 
 /*
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ void pSeries_log_error(char *buf, unsigned int err_type, int fatal)
         }
 
         /* Write error to NVRAM */
-        if (!no_more_logging && !(err_type & ERR_FLAG_BOOT))
+        if (logging_enabled && !(err_type & ERR_FLAG_BOOT))
                 nvram_write_error_log(buf, len, err_type, error_log_cnt);
 
         /*
@@ -229,8 +230,8 @@ void pSeries_log_error(char *buf, unsigned int err_type, int fatal)
                 printk_log_rtas(buf, len);
 
         /* Check to see if we need to or have stopped logging */
-        if (fatal || no_more_logging) {
-                no_more_logging = 1;
+        if (fatal || !logging_enabled) {
+                logging_enabled = 0;
                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtasd_log_lock, s);
                 return;
         }
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ static ssize_t rtas_log_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
 
         spin_lock_irqsave(&rtasd_log_lock, s);
         /* if it's 0, then we know we got the last one (the one in NVRAM) */
-        if (rtas_log_size == 0 && !no_more_logging)
+        if (rtas_log_size == 0 && logging_enabled)
                 nvram_clear_error_log();
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtasd_log_lock, s);
 
@@ -414,6 +415,8 @@ static int rtasd(void *unused)
         memset(logdata, 0, rtas_error_log_max);
         rc = nvram_read_error_log(logdata, rtas_error_log_max,
                                   &err_type, &error_log_cnt);
+        /* We can use rtas_log_buf now */
+        logging_enabled = 1;
 
         if (!rc) {
                 if (err_type != ERR_FLAG_ALREADY_LOGGED) {