diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9cbde7f48579..dedf8793e29c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: be577a5220b25e0a6e3fbf96bbfc8b31d63e9ea9
+refs/heads/master: ada26d41e9ee1da31d11957b4452f4227a292e10
diff --git a/trunk/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c b/trunk/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
index e999b11de2c6..2c4ff1cbe334 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ static struct irq_desc bad_irq_desc = {
  */
 asmlinkage void asm_do_IRQ(unsigned int irq, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	struct pt_regs *old_regs = set_irq_regs(regs);
 	struct irqdesc *desc = irq_desc + irq;
 
 	/*
@@ -122,13 +123,13 @@ asmlinkage void asm_do_IRQ(unsigned int irq, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	irq_enter();
 
-	set_irq_regs(regs);
 	desc_handle_irq(irq, desc);
 
 	/* AT91 specific workaround */
 	irq_finish(irq);
 
 	irq_exit();
+	set_irq_regs(old_regs);
 }
 
 void set_irq_flags(unsigned int irq, unsigned int iflags)
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c b/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
index af4a1c71a80d..4d9d5ed942b2 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
@@ -913,8 +913,10 @@ void smp_local_timer_interrupt(void)
  * [ if a single-CPU system runs an SMP kernel then we call the local
  *   interrupt as well. Thus we cannot inline the local irq ... ]
  */
-void smp_apic_timer_interrupt(void)
+void smp_apic_timer_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	struct pt_regs *old_regs = set_irq_regs(regs);
+
 	/*
 	 * the NMI deadlock-detector uses this.
 	 */
@@ -934,6 +936,7 @@ void smp_apic_timer_interrupt(void)
 	irq_enter();
 	smp_local_timer_interrupt();
 	irq_exit();
+	set_irq_regs(old_regs);
 }
 
 /*