diff --git a/target/ppc/excp_helper.c b/target/ppc/excp_helper.c
index c6646503aa..206314aaa2 100644
--- a/target/ppc/excp_helper.c
+++ b/target/ppc/excp_helper.c
@@ -396,14 +396,6 @@ static void powerpc_excp_40x(PowerPCCPU *cpu, int excp)
     target_ulong msr, new_msr, vector;
     int srr0, srr1;
 
-    if (excp <= POWERPC_EXCP_NONE || excp >= POWERPC_EXCP_NB) {
-        cpu_abort(cs, "Invalid PowerPC exception %d. Aborting\n", excp);
-    }
-
-    qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_INT, "Raise exception at " TARGET_FMT_lx
-                  " => %s (%d) error=%02x\n", env->nip, powerpc_excp_name(excp),
-                  excp, env->error_code);
-
     /* new srr1 value excluding must-be-zero bits */
     msr = env->msr & ~0x783f0000ULL;
 
@@ -554,14 +546,6 @@ static void powerpc_excp_6xx(PowerPCCPU *cpu, int excp)
     CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
     target_ulong msr, new_msr, vector;
 
-    if (excp <= POWERPC_EXCP_NONE || excp >= POWERPC_EXCP_NB) {
-        cpu_abort(cs, "Invalid PowerPC exception %d. Aborting\n", excp);
-    }
-
-    qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_INT, "Raise exception at " TARGET_FMT_lx
-                  " => %s (%d) error=%02x\n", env->nip, powerpc_excp_name(excp),
-                  excp, env->error_code);
-
     /* new srr1 value excluding must-be-zero bits */
     msr = env->msr & ~0x783f0000ULL;
 
@@ -746,14 +730,6 @@ static void powerpc_excp_7xx(PowerPCCPU *cpu, int excp)
     CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
     target_ulong msr, new_msr, vector;
 
-    if (excp <= POWERPC_EXCP_NONE || excp >= POWERPC_EXCP_NB) {
-        cpu_abort(cs, "Invalid PowerPC exception %d. Aborting\n", excp);
-    }
-
-    qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_INT, "Raise exception at " TARGET_FMT_lx
-                  " => %s (%d) error=%02x\n", env->nip, powerpc_excp_name(excp),
-                  excp, env->error_code);
-
     /* new srr1 value excluding must-be-zero bits */
     msr = env->msr & ~0x783f0000ULL;
 
@@ -926,14 +902,6 @@ static void powerpc_excp_74xx(PowerPCCPU *cpu, int excp)
     CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
     target_ulong msr, new_msr, vector;
 
-    if (excp <= POWERPC_EXCP_NONE || excp >= POWERPC_EXCP_NB) {
-        cpu_abort(cs, "Invalid PowerPC exception %d. Aborting\n", excp);
-    }
-
-    qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_INT, "Raise exception at " TARGET_FMT_lx
-                  " => %s (%d) error=%02x\n", env->nip, powerpc_excp_name(excp),
-                  excp, env->error_code);
-
     /* new srr1 value excluding must-be-zero bits */
     msr = env->msr & ~0x783f0000ULL;
 
@@ -1121,14 +1089,6 @@ static void powerpc_excp_booke(PowerPCCPU *cpu, int excp)
     target_ulong msr, new_msr, vector;
     int srr0, srr1;
 
-    if (excp <= POWERPC_EXCP_NONE || excp >= POWERPC_EXCP_NB) {
-        cpu_abort(cs, "Invalid PowerPC exception %d. Aborting\n", excp);
-    }
-
-    qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_INT, "Raise exception at " TARGET_FMT_lx
-                  " => %s (%d) error=%02x\n", env->nip, powerpc_excp_name(excp),
-                  excp, env->error_code);
-
     msr = env->msr;
 
     /*
@@ -1348,14 +1308,6 @@ static void powerpc_excp_books(PowerPCCPU *cpu, int excp)
     target_ulong msr, new_msr, vector;
     int srr0, srr1, lev = -1;
 
-    if (excp <= POWERPC_EXCP_NONE || excp >= POWERPC_EXCP_NB) {
-        cpu_abort(cs, "Invalid PowerPC exception %d. Aborting\n", excp);
-    }
-
-    qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_INT, "Raise exception at " TARGET_FMT_lx
-                  " => %s (%d) error=%02x\n", env->nip, powerpc_excp_name(excp),
-                  excp, env->error_code);
-
     /* new srr1 value excluding must-be-zero bits */
     msr = env->msr & ~0x783f0000ULL;
 
@@ -1642,8 +1594,17 @@ static inline void powerpc_excp_books(PowerPCCPU *cpu, int excp)
 
 static void powerpc_excp(PowerPCCPU *cpu, int excp)
 {
+    CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
     CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
 
+    if (excp <= POWERPC_EXCP_NONE || excp >= POWERPC_EXCP_NB) {
+        cpu_abort(cs, "Invalid PowerPC exception %d. Aborting\n", excp);
+    }
+
+    qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_INT, "Raise exception at " TARGET_FMT_lx
+                  " => %s (%d) error=%02x\n", env->nip, powerpc_excp_name(excp),
+                  excp, env->error_code);
+
     switch (env->excp_model) {
     case POWERPC_EXCP_40x:
         powerpc_excp_40x(cpu, excp);
