diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
index 3e4dd34f2bd2..55abfd09e47f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/eeh.h
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ struct eeh_ops {
 };
 
 extern int eeh_subsystem_flags;
+extern int eeh_max_freezes;
 extern struct eeh_ops *eeh_ops;
 extern raw_spinlock_t confirm_error_lock;
 
@@ -255,12 +256,6 @@ static inline void eeh_serialize_unlock(unsigned long flags)
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&confirm_error_lock, flags);
 }
 
-/*
- * Max number of EEH freezes allowed before we consider the device
- * to be permanently disabled.
- */
-#define EEH_MAX_ALLOWED_FREEZES 5
-
 typedef void *(*eeh_traverse_func)(void *data, void *flag);
 void eeh_set_pe_aux_size(int size);
 int eeh_phb_pe_create(struct pci_controller *phb);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
index e1b6d8e17289..3b2252e7731b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh.c
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@
 int eeh_subsystem_flags;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(eeh_subsystem_flags);
 
+/*
+ * EEH allowed maximal frozen times. If one particular PE's
+ * frozen count in last hour exceeds this limit, the PE will
+ * be forced to be offline permanently.
+ */
+int eeh_max_freezes = 5;
+
 /* Platform dependent EEH operations */
 struct eeh_ops *eeh_ops = NULL;
 
@@ -1652,8 +1659,22 @@ static int eeh_enable_dbgfs_get(void *data, u64 *val)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int eeh_freeze_dbgfs_set(void *data, u64 val)
+{
+	eeh_max_freezes = val;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int eeh_freeze_dbgfs_get(void *data, u64 *val)
+{
+	*val = eeh_max_freezes;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(eeh_enable_dbgfs_ops, eeh_enable_dbgfs_get,
 			eeh_enable_dbgfs_set, "0x%llx\n");
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(eeh_freeze_dbgfs_ops, eeh_freeze_dbgfs_get,
+			eeh_freeze_dbgfs_set, "0x%llx\n");
 #endif
 
 static int __init eeh_init_proc(void)
@@ -1664,6 +1685,9 @@ static int __init eeh_init_proc(void)
 		debugfs_create_file("eeh_enable", 0600,
                                     powerpc_debugfs_root, NULL,
                                     &eeh_enable_dbgfs_ops);
+		debugfs_create_file("eeh_max_freezes", 0600,
+				    powerpc_debugfs_root, NULL,
+				    &eeh_freeze_dbgfs_ops);
 #endif
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
index ac00672af7d1..d099540c0f56 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ static void eeh_handle_normal_event(struct eeh_pe *pe)
 
 	eeh_pe_update_time_stamp(pe);
 	pe->freeze_count++;
-	if (pe->freeze_count > EEH_MAX_ALLOWED_FREEZES)
+	if (pe->freeze_count > eeh_max_freezes)
 		goto excess_failures;
 	pr_warn("EEH: This PCI device has failed %d times in the last hour\n",
 		pe->freeze_count);