1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 51620953b18a..a5e928b0cb5f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -735,12 +735,8 @@ static int __cpuinit do_boot_cpu(int apicid, int cpu)
                 goto do_rest;
         }
 
-        if (!keventd_up())
-                c_idle.work.func(&c_idle.work);
-        else {
-                schedule_work(&c_idle.work);
-                wait_for_completion(&c_idle.done);
-        }
+        schedule_work(&c_idle.work);
+        wait_for_completion(&c_idle.done);
 
         if (IS_ERR(c_idle.idle)) {
                 printk("failed fork for CPU %d\n", cpu);