Merge commit 'v3.3-rc4'

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
index 701d4aceb4f4..01e2877e8e04 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
@@ -118,10 +118,14 @@ static inline notrace void set_soft_enabled(unsigned long enable)
 static inline notrace void decrementer_check_overflow(void)
 {
         u64 now = get_tb_or_rtc();
-        u64 *next_tb = &__get_cpu_var(decrementers_next_tb);
+        u64 *next_tb;
+
+        preempt_disable();
+        next_tb = &__get_cpu_var(decrementers_next_tb);
 
         if (now >= *next_tb)
                 set_dec(1);
+        preempt_enable();
 }
 
 notrace void arch_local_irq_restore(unsigned long en)