diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/idle.c b/arch/mips/kernel/idle.c
index 36e79f528e89b999b391e5571767660ad4c3d027..78cc7d6fc845ff9858cc1e9595de0428e718522c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/idle.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/idle.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ static void r3081_wait(void)
 {
 	unsigned long cfg = read_c0_conf();
 	write_c0_conf(cfg | R30XX_CONF_HALT);
+	local_irq_enable();
 }
 
 static void r39xx_wait(void)
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ static void au1k_wait(void)
 	"	nop				\n"
 	"	.set	mips0			\n"
 	: : "r" (au1k_wait));
+	local_irq_enable();
 }
 
 static int __initdata nowait;
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/loongson2_cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/loongson2_cpufreq.c
index 84889573b5669f22e1632108c5f32b94285d5814..868976d443a65769f6cf0ce7e4ebedc0666ca3bf 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/loongson2_cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/loongson2_cpufreq.c
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ static void loongson2_cpu_wait(void)
 	LOONGSON_CHIPCFG0 &= ~0x7;	/* Put CPU into wait mode */
 	LOONGSON_CHIPCFG0 = cpu_freq;	/* Restore CPU state */
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&loongson2_wait_lock, flags);
+	local_irq_enable();
 }
 
 static int __init cpufreq_init(void)