diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
index 7ee6854..12c5971 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@
 
 static LIST_HEAD(irq_hosts);
 static spinlock_t irq_big_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
-
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, irq_radix_reader);
+static unsigned int irq_radix_writer;
 struct irq_map_entry irq_map[NR_IRQS];
 static unsigned int irq_virq_count = NR_IRQS;
 static struct irq_host *irq_default_host;
@@ -455,6 +456,58 @@
 		irq_virq_count = count;
 }
 
+/* radix tree not lockless safe ! we use a brlock-type mecanism
+ * for now, until we can use a lockless radix tree
+ */
+static void irq_radix_wrlock(unsigned long *flags)
+{
+	unsigned int cpu, ok;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&irq_big_lock, *flags);
+	irq_radix_writer = 1;
+	smp_mb();
+	do {
+		barrier();
+		ok = 1;
+		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+			if (per_cpu(irq_radix_reader, cpu)) {
+				ok = 0;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (!ok)
+			cpu_relax();
+	} while(!ok);
+}
+
+static void irq_radix_wrunlock(unsigned long flags)
+{
+	smp_wmb();
+	irq_radix_writer = 0;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&irq_big_lock, flags);
+}
+
+static void irq_radix_rdlock(unsigned long *flags)
+{
+	local_irq_save(*flags);
+	__get_cpu_var(irq_radix_reader) = 1;
+	smp_mb();
+	if (likely(irq_radix_writer == 0))
+		return;
+	__get_cpu_var(irq_radix_reader) = 0;
+	smp_wmb();
+	spin_lock(&irq_big_lock);
+	__get_cpu_var(irq_radix_reader) = 1;
+	spin_unlock(&irq_big_lock);
+}
+
+static void irq_radix_rdunlock(unsigned long flags)
+{
+	__get_cpu_var(irq_radix_reader) = 0;
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+
+
 unsigned int irq_create_mapping(struct irq_host *host,
 				irq_hw_number_t hwirq)
 {
@@ -604,13 +657,9 @@
 		/* Check if radix tree allocated yet */
 		if (host->revmap_data.tree.gfp_mask == 0)
 			break;
-		/* XXX radix tree not safe ! remove lock whem it becomes safe
-		 * and use some RCU sync to make sure everything is ok before we
-		 * can re-use that map entry
-		 */
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&irq_big_lock, flags);
+		irq_radix_wrlock(&flags);
 		radix_tree_delete(&host->revmap_data.tree, hwirq);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&irq_big_lock, flags);
+		irq_radix_wrunlock(flags);
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -677,25 +726,24 @@
 	if (tree->gfp_mask == 0)
 		return irq_find_mapping(host, hwirq);
 
-	/* XXX Current radix trees are NOT SMP safe !!! Remove that lock
-	 * when that is fixed (when Nick's patch gets in
-	 */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&irq_big_lock, flags);
-
 	/* Now try to resolve */
+	irq_radix_rdlock(&flags);
 	ptr = radix_tree_lookup(tree, hwirq);
+	irq_radix_rdunlock(flags);
+
 	/* Found it, return */
 	if (ptr) {
 		virq = ptr - irq_map;
-		goto bail;
+		return virq;
 	}
 
 	/* If not there, try to insert it */
 	virq = irq_find_mapping(host, hwirq);
-	if (virq != NO_IRQ)
+	if (virq != NO_IRQ) {
+		irq_radix_wrlock(&flags);
 		radix_tree_insert(tree, hwirq, &irq_map[virq]);
- bail:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&irq_big_lock, flags);
+		irq_radix_wrunlock(flags);
+	}
 	return virq;
 }
 
@@ -806,12 +854,12 @@
 	struct irq_host *h;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&irq_big_lock, flags);
+	irq_radix_wrlock(&flags);
 	list_for_each_entry(h, &irq_hosts, link) {
 		if (h->revmap_type == IRQ_HOST_MAP_TREE)
 			INIT_RADIX_TREE(&h->revmap_data.tree, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&irq_big_lock, flags);
+	irq_radix_wrunlock(flags);
 
 	return 0;
 }