diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
index fbc676160adf76f2f007a91685678faf9cad8a54..9b4d2a2ffb4f590e369687e37aeb068b55e1d824 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
@@ -984,10 +984,9 @@ int rtas_ibm_suspend_me(u64 handle)
 	cpu_hotplug_disable();
 
 	/* Check if we raced with a CPU-Offline Operation */
-	if (unlikely(!cpumask_equal(cpu_present_mask, cpu_online_mask))) {
-		pr_err("%s: Raced against a concurrent CPU-Offline\n",
-		       __func__);
-		atomic_set(&data.error, -EBUSY);
+	if (!cpumask_equal(cpu_present_mask, cpu_online_mask)) {
+		pr_info("%s: Raced against a concurrent CPU-Offline\n", __func__);
+		atomic_set(&data.error, -EAGAIN);
 		goto out_hotplug_enable;
 	}