2 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
index 1377ecb29d8d..b90e5dfeee46 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
@@ -497,21 +497,19 @@ static inline void load_trace_idt(void)
 #endif
 
 /*
- * the load_current_idt() is called with interrupt disabled by local_irq_save()
+ * The load_current_idt() must be called with interrupts disabled
  * to avoid races. That way the IDT will always be set back to the expected
- * descriptor.
+ * descriptor. It's also called when a CPU is being initialized, and
+ * that doesn't need to disable interrupts, as nothing should be
+ * bothering the CPU then.
  */
 static inline void load_current_idt(void)
 {
-        unsigned long flags;
-
-        local_irq_save(flags);
         if (is_debug_idt_enabled())
                 load_debug_idt();
         else if (is_trace_idt_enabled())
                 load_trace_idt();
         else
                 load_idt((const struct desc_ptr *)&idt_descr);
-        local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_DESC_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c
index 1423efe98fbc..4e584a8d6edd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ static void set_trace_idt_ctr(int val)
 
 static void switch_idt(void *arg)
 {
+        unsigned long flags;
+
+        local_irq_save(flags);
         load_current_idt();
+        local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 void trace_irq_vector_regfunc(void)