diff --git a/openpower/configs/linux/skiroot_defconfig b/openpower/configs/linux/skiroot_defconfig
index ac3066d..796286a 100644
--- a/openpower/configs/linux/skiroot_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/linux/skiroot_defconfig
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y
 CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL=y
-CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=tty0 console=hvc0 debug ignore_loglevel bootmem_debug sched_debug"
+CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=tty0 console=hvc0 debug ignore_loglevel bootmem_debug sched_debug powersave=off"
 # CONFIG_SECCOMP is not set
 # CONFIG_PPC_MEM_KEYS is not set
 CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL=y