diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
index 4e78065a16aa3c6a3dae5db147f36fda00dcf18a..255bfd15eda9adb9026ef7ae14f506e30a25ff42 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(u32 *uval, u32 __user *uaddr,
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, uaddr, sizeof(u32)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	preempt_disable();
 	__asm__ __volatile__("@futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic\n"
 	"1:	" TUSER(ldr) "	%1, [%4]\n"
 	"	teq	%1, %2\n"
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(u32 *uval, u32 __user *uaddr,
 	: "cc", "memory");
 
 	*uval = val;
+	preempt_enable();
+
 	return ret;
 }