1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
index b3b14352b05e..6f6b1cccc916 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
@@ -770,13 +770,8 @@ void update_vsyscall_old(struct timespec *wall_time, struct timespec *wtm,
 
 void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
 {
-        /* Make userspace gettimeofday spin until we're done. */
-        ++vdso_data->tb_update_count;
-        smp_mb();
         vdso_data->tz_minuteswest = sys_tz.tz_minuteswest;
         vdso_data->tz_dsttime = sys_tz.tz_dsttime;
-        smp_mb();
-        ++vdso_data->tb_update_count;
 }
 
 static void __init clocksource_init(void)