diff --git a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
index af0b4a5d52f210905f283dc6f3454fcebeb1f035..920c61c730a137054eb62ad82c6e03d39f5b7597 100644
--- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ static int get_driver_data(int cstate)
  * @drv: cpuidle driver
  * @index: index of cpuidle state
  *
+ * Must be called under local_irq_disable().
  */
 static int intel_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 		struct cpuidle_driver *drv, int index)
@@ -247,8 +248,6 @@ static int intel_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 
 	cstate = (((eax) >> MWAIT_SUBSTATE_SIZE) & MWAIT_CSTATE_MASK) + 1;
 
-	local_irq_disable();
-
 	/*
 	 * leave_mm() to avoid costly and often unnecessary wakeups
 	 * for flushing the user TLB's associated with the active mm.