diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e887c52f38e5..4ce188b0b584 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 62918a036148230ba1ad175dc8a0952e3752ac57
+refs/heads/master: df3624aa293dfa2d46089747d919711089a702eb
diff --git a/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c b/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
index 755209dc93e1..f64b81f3033b 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -200,13 +200,10 @@ time_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val, void *data)
 {
 	struct cpufreq_freqs *freq = data;
 
-	if (val != CPUFREQ_RESUMECHANGE && val != CPUFREQ_SUSPENDCHANGE)
-		write_seqlock_irq(&xtime_lock);
-
 	if (!ref_freq) {
 		if (!freq->old){
 			ref_freq = freq->new;
-			goto end;
+			return 0;
 		}
 		ref_freq = freq->old;
 		loops_per_jiffy_ref = cpu_data[freq->cpu].loops_per_jiffy;
@@ -237,9 +234,6 @@ time_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val, void *data)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-end:
-	if (val != CPUFREQ_RESUMECHANGE && val != CPUFREQ_SUSPENDCHANGE)
-		write_sequnlock_irq(&xtime_lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }