1 files changed, 5 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
index 9702fa92489e..156ad803d5b7 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
@@ -190,19 +190,10 @@ timer_interrupt (int irq, void *dev_id)
 
                 new_itm += local_cpu_data->itm_delta;
 
-                if (smp_processor_id() == time_keeper_id) {
-                        /*
-                         * Here we are in the timer irq handler. We have irqs locally
-                         * disabled, but we don't know if the timer_bh is running on
-                         * another CPU. We need to avoid to SMP race by acquiring the
-                         * xtime_lock.
-                         */
-                        write_seqlock(&xtime_lock);
-                        do_timer(1);
-                        local_cpu_data->itm_next = new_itm;
-                        write_sequnlock(&xtime_lock);
-                } else
-                        local_cpu_data->itm_next = new_itm;
+                if (smp_processor_id() == time_keeper_id)
+                        xtime_update(1);
+
+                local_cpu_data->itm_next = new_itm;
 
                 if (time_after(new_itm, ia64_get_itc()))
                         break;
@@ -222,7 +213,7 @@ skip_process_time_accounting:
                  * comfort, we increase the safety margin by
                  * intentionally dropping the next tick(s).  We do NOT
                  * update itm.next because that would force us to call
-                 * do_timer() which in turn would let our clock run
+                 * xtime_update() which in turn would let our clock run
                  * too fast (with the potentially devastating effect
                  * of losing monotony of time).
                  */