1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/sync-r4k.c b/arch/mips/kernel/sync-r4k.c
index 99f913c8d7a6..842d55e411fd 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/sync-r4k.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/sync-r4k.c
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ void __cpuinit synchronise_count_master(void)
 void __cpuinit synchronise_count_slave(void)
 {
         int i;
-        unsigned long flags;
         unsigned int initcount;
         int ncpus;
 
@@ -123,8 +122,6 @@ void __cpuinit synchronise_count_slave(void)
         return;
 #endif
 
-        local_irq_save(flags);
-
         /*
          * Not every cpu is online at the time this gets called,
          * so we first wait for the master to say everyone is ready
@@ -154,7 +151,5 @@ void __cpuinit synchronise_count_slave(void)
         }
         /* Arrange for an interrupt in a short while */
         write_c0_compare(read_c0_count() + COUNTON);
-
-        local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 #undef NR_LOOPS