1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm26/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm26/kernel/process.c
index 9eb9964d32a7..15833a0057dd 100644
--- a/arch/arm26/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm26/kernel/process.c
@@ -74,15 +74,13 @@ __setup("hlt", hlt_setup);
 void cpu_idle(void)
 {
         /* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
-        preempt_disable();
         while (1) {
-                while (!need_resched()) {
-                        local_irq_disable();
-                        if (!need_resched() && !hlt_counter)
-                                local_irq_enable();
-                }
+                while (!need_resched())
+                        cpu_relax();
+                preempt_enable_no_resched();
+                schedule();
+                preempt_disable();
         }
-        schedule();
 }
 
 static char reboot_mode = 'h';