diff --git a/openpower/linux/linux-0003-xhci-do-not-halt-the-secondary-HCD.patch b/openpower/linux/linux-0003-xhci-do-not-halt-the-secondary-HCD.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6118ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openpower/linux/linux-0003-xhci-do-not-halt-the-secondary-HCD.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+From ebac2735434d75a2b2a14506c92300b4088d9d9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:02:13 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH 3/7] xhci: do not halt the secondary HCD
+
+We can't halt the secondary HCD, because it's also the primary HCD,
+which will cause problems if we have devices attached to the primary
+HCD, like a keyboard.
+
+Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
+Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
+---
+ drivers/usb/host/xhci.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
+index 0e66476d4866..ce7b10506bac 100644
+--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
++++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
+@@ -671,7 +671,18 @@ static void xhci_only_stop_hcd(struct usb_hcd *hcd)
+ 	struct xhci_hcd *xhci = hcd_to_xhci(hcd);
+ 
+ 	spin_lock_irq(&xhci->lock);
+-	xhci_halt(xhci);
++	/*
++	 * We can't halt the secondary HCD, because it's also the
++	 * primary HCD, which will cause problems if we have devices
++	 * attached to the primary HCD, like a keyboard.
++	 */
++	/*xhci_halt(xhci);*/
++
++	/* The shared_hcd is going to be deallocated shortly (the USB core only
++	 * calls this function when allocation fails in usb_add_hcd(), or
++	 * usb_remove_hcd() is called).  So we need to unset xHCI's pointer.
++	 */
++	xhci->shared_hcd = NULL;
+ 	spin_unlock_irq(&xhci->lock);
+ }
+ 
+-- 
+2.8.1
+