diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 7a8f5845e8eb9140e849b52cabf852a82313e979..6d7022c683e31555967f20edfc18b490576bc10b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1084,7 +1084,6 @@ void __init native_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	preempt_disable();
 	smp_cpu_index_default();
 
 	/*
@@ -1102,22 +1101,19 @@ void __init native_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 	}
 	set_cpu_sibling_map(0);
 
-
 	if (smp_sanity_check(max_cpus) < 0) {
 		pr_info("SMP disabled\n");
 		disable_smp();
-		goto out;
+		return;
 	}
 
 	default_setup_apic_routing();
 
-	preempt_disable();
 	if (read_apic_id() != boot_cpu_physical_apicid) {
 		panic("Boot APIC ID in local APIC unexpected (%d vs %d)",
 		     read_apic_id(), boot_cpu_physical_apicid);
 		/* Or can we switch back to PIC here? */
 	}
-	preempt_enable();
 
 	connect_bsp_APIC();
 
@@ -1151,8 +1147,6 @@ void __init native_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 		uv_system_init();
 
 	set_mtrr_aps_delayed_init();
-out:
-	preempt_enable();
 }
 
 void arch_enable_nonboot_cpus_begin(void)