1. A computer program product for performing a quiesce operation during a processor recovery action, the computer program product comprising: one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising: program instructions to perform, by a first processor, a processor recovery action; program instructions to retrieve, by the first processor, a quiesce status of a computer system from a shared cache with a second processor; and program instructions to determine, by the first processor, a quiesce status of the first processor based, at least in part, on the retrieved quiesce status of the computer system.