diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
index bf962051af0a..aa66317a9a49 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
@@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ void __noreturn rtas_halt(void)
 
 /* Must be in the RMO region, so we place it here */
 static char rtas_os_term_buf[2048];
+static s32 ibm_os_term_token = RTAS_UNKNOWN_SERVICE;
 
 void rtas_os_term(char *str)
 {
@@ -726,14 +727,13 @@ void rtas_os_term(char *str)
 	 * this property may terminate the partition which we want to avoid
 	 * since it interferes with panic_timeout.
 	 */
-	if (RTAS_UNKNOWN_SERVICE == rtas_token("ibm,os-term") ||
-	    RTAS_UNKNOWN_SERVICE == rtas_token("ibm,extended-os-term"))
+	if (ibm_os_term_token == RTAS_UNKNOWN_SERVICE)
 		return;
 
 	snprintf(rtas_os_term_buf, 2048, "OS panic: %s", str);
 
 	do {
-		status = rtas_call(rtas_token("ibm,os-term"), 1, 1, NULL,
+		status = rtas_call(ibm_os_term_token, 1, 1, NULL,
 				   __pa(rtas_os_term_buf));
 	} while (rtas_busy_delay(status));
 
@@ -1267,6 +1267,13 @@ void __init rtas_initialize(void)
 	no_entry = of_property_read_u32(rtas.dev, "linux,rtas-entry", &entry);
 	rtas.entry = no_entry ? rtas.base : entry;
 
+	/*
+	 * Discover these now to avoid device tree lookups in the
+	 * panic path.
+	 */
+	if (of_property_read_bool(rtas.dev, "ibm,extended-os-term"))
+		ibm_os_term_token = rtas_token("ibm,os-term");
+
 	/* If RTAS was found, allocate the RMO buffer for it and look for
 	 * the stop-self token if any
 	 */