1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/timers/timer-cmt.c b/arch/sh/kernel/timers/timer-cmt.c
index 499e07beebe2..71312324b5de 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/timers/timer-cmt.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/timers/timer-cmt.c
@@ -100,16 +100,7 @@ static irqreturn_t cmt_timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
         timer_status &= ~0x80;
         ctrl_outw(timer_status, CMT_CMCSR_0);
 
-        /*
-         * Here we are in the timer irq handler. We just have irqs locally
-         * disabled but we don't know if the timer_bh is running on the other
-         * CPU. We need to avoid to SMP race with it. NOTE: we don' t need
-         * the irq version of write_lock because as just said we have irq
-         * locally disabled. -arca
-         */
-        write_seqlock(&xtime_lock);
         handle_timer_tick();
-        write_sequnlock(&xtime_lock);
 
         return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }