1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 87acc25d7a3e..a927ca1f5566 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ unlock:
 
 /*
  * Called from either the Data Abort Handler [watchpoint] or the
- * Prefetch Abort Handler [breakpoint] with preemption disabled.
+ * Prefetch Abort Handler [breakpoint] with interrupts disabled.
  */
 static int hw_breakpoint_pending(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr,
                                  struct pt_regs *regs)
@@ -804,8 +804,10 @@ static int hw_breakpoint_pending(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr,
         int ret = 0;
         u32 dscr;
 
-        /* We must be called with preemption disabled. */
-        WARN_ON(preemptible());
+        preempt_disable();
+
+        if (interrupts_enabled(regs))
+                local_irq_enable();
 
         /* We only handle watchpoints and hardware breakpoints. */
         ARM_DBG_READ(c1, 0, dscr);
@@ -824,10 +826,6 @@ static int hw_breakpoint_pending(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr,
                 ret = 1; /* Unhandled fault. */
         }
 
-        /*
-         * Re-enable preemption after it was disabled in the
-         * low-level exception handling code.
-         */
         preempt_enable();
 
         return ret;