diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
index 1377ecb29d8d2769108e178d8dff2c5bcaeaa649..b90e5dfeee462b55bd942b4bdc5fab2eb4817403 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
@@ -497,21 +497,19 @@ static inline void load_trace_idt(void)
 #endif
 
 /*
- * the load_current_idt() is called with interrupt disabled by local_irq_save()
+ * The load_current_idt() must be called with interrupts disabled
  * to avoid races. That way the IDT will always be set back to the expected
- * descriptor.
+ * descriptor. It's also called when a CPU is being initialized, and
+ * that doesn't need to disable interrupts, as nothing should be
+ * bothering the CPU then.
  */
 static inline void load_current_idt(void)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	local_irq_save(flags);
 	if (is_debug_idt_enabled())
 		load_debug_idt();
 	else if (is_trace_idt_enabled())
 		load_trace_idt();
 	else
 		load_idt((const struct desc_ptr *)&idt_descr);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_DESC_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c
index 1423efe98fbcf1bfbbe505d42dfe55bcc5745d78..4e584a8d6eddf1fa2dbd8c540ce0f6542850bb79 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ static void set_trace_idt_ctr(int val)
 
 static void switch_idt(void *arg)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
 	load_current_idt();
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 void trace_irq_vector_regfunc(void)