1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
index af0b4a5d52f2..920c61c730a1 100644
--- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ static int get_driver_data(int cstate)
  * @drv: cpuidle driver
  * @index: index of cpuidle state
  *
+ * Must be called under local_irq_disable().
  */
 static int intel_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
                 struct cpuidle_driver *drv, int index)
@@ -247,8 +248,6 @@ static int intel_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 
         cstate = (((eax) >> MWAIT_SUBSTATE_SIZE) & MWAIT_CSTATE_MASK) + 1;
 
-        local_irq_disable();
-
         /*
          * leave_mm() to avoid costly and often unnecessary wakeups
          * for flushing the user TLB's associated with the active mm.