diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
index d00cb7ad89b9608b59771560fa927f57ead2f608..1ab8283efc4c63dae8320fc1e62cdb2fa4feddef 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ void default_idle(void)
 {
 }
 
+
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_SMP
 
 /*
@@ -104,19 +106,11 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 
 	while(1) {
 		if (need_resched()) {
-			cpuinfo->idle_volume = 0;
 			preempt_enable_no_resched();
 			schedule();
 			preempt_disable();
 			check_pgt_cache();
 		}
-		cpuinfo->idle_volume++;
-
-		/* The store ordering is so that IRQ handlers on
-		 * other cpus see our increasing idleness for the buddy
-		 * redistribution algorithm.  -DaveM
-		 */
-		membar_storeload_storestore();
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c
index 356d423ae14d5b90bf1cdc4435436db24ea19120..0cd9b16612e7c0c8ca841a45dd2ec470ac9bd76a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ void __init smp_store_cpu_info(int id)
 	cpu_data(id).clock_tick = prom_getintdefault(cpu_node,
 						     "clock-frequency", 0);
 
-	cpu_data(id).idle_volume		= 1;
-
 	def = ((tlb_type == hypervisor) ? (8 * 1024) : (16 * 1024));
 	cpu_data(id).dcache_size = prom_getintdefault(cpu_node, "dcache-size",
 						      def);
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/cpudata.h b/include/asm-sparc64/cpudata.h
index 84656f1895cda6598ca08550d1e593c168edc914..c66a81bbc84dcc78026341f817a965f9156b6eab 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/cpudata.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/cpudata.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	unsigned int	__softirq_pending; /* must be 1st, see rtrap.S */
 	unsigned int	multiplier;
 	unsigned int	counter;
-	unsigned int	idle_volume;
+	unsigned int	__pad1;
 	unsigned long	clock_tick;	/* %tick's per second */
 	unsigned long	udelay_val;