diff --git a/kernel/sched/cputime.c b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
index 2e8d34aac97e63000aa91339b4dd9fe9f041f2fe..80b2fd5a7cf0bb46055fd99cf5cf14f61066e8c8 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cputime.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
@@ -467,16 +467,10 @@ void vtime_task_switch(struct task_struct *prev)
 #ifndef __ARCH_HAS_VTIME_ACCOUNT
 void vtime_account(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-
 	if (in_interrupt() || !is_idle_task(tsk))
 		vtime_account_system(tsk);
 	else
 		vtime_account_idle(tsk);
-
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vtime_account);
 #endif /* __ARCH_HAS_VTIME_ACCOUNT */