diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
index 1e1fa3e391a3889ec822c869c19bd9feb76e5e36..dd53c58f64f1bd944dd65190fc5d8f98bf6c8643 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 void cpu_idle_wait(void)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu, this_cpu = get_cpu();
-	cpumask_t map;
+	cpumask_t map, tmp = current->cpus_allowed;
 
 	set_cpus_allowed(current, cpumask_of_cpu(this_cpu));
 	put_cpu();
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ void cpu_idle_wait(void)
 		}
 		cpus_and(map, map, cpu_online_map);
 	} while (!cpus_empty(map));
+
+	set_cpus_allowed(current, tmp);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_idle_wait);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c
index f6226055d53de3b84e2812785bc699ae17394beb..7451a4c43c1681639c0aa5fbb2640d509ccac603 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static void poll_idle (void)
 void cpu_idle_wait(void)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu, this_cpu = get_cpu();
-	cpumask_t map;
+	cpumask_t map, tmp = current->cpus_allowed;
 
 	set_cpus_allowed(current, cpumask_of_cpu(this_cpu));
 	put_cpu();
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ void cpu_idle_wait(void)
 		}
 		cpus_and(map, map, cpu_online_map);
 	} while (!cpus_empty(map));
+
+	set_cpus_allowed(current, tmp);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_idle_wait);