diff --git a/openpower/patches/witherspoon-patches/machine-xml/0001-disable-stop4-stop5.patch b/openpower/patches/witherspoon-patches/machine-xml/0001-disable-stop4-stop5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8601a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openpower/patches/witherspoon-patches/machine-xml/0001-disable-stop4-stop5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 6671d5cd2e774fd36acbbcacc2929395522fa554 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:09:33 +1100
+Subject: [PATCH] disable stop4 and stop5
+
+Signed-off-by: Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+---
+ witherspoon.xml | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/witherspoon.xml b/witherspoon.xml
+index 18d84b389cb0..e4d4dcebe969 100644
+--- a/witherspoon.xml
++++ b/witherspoon.xml
+@@ -17634,7 +17634,7 @@
+ 	</attribute>
+ 	<attribute>
+ 		<id>SUPPORTED_STOP_STATES</id>
+-		<default>0xEC000000</default>
++		<default>0xE0000000</default>
+ 	</attribute>
+ 	<attribute>
+ 		<id>SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_MEM_VOLT</id>
+-- 
+2.14.3
+