diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4cc4d65c09a9..d92bf01fb1f8 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: facd8b80c67a3cf64a467c4a2ac5fb31f2e6745b
+refs/heads/master: af7bdbafe3812af406ce07631effd2b96aae2dba
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/trunk/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 520592ab6aa4..314b9ee07edf 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -565,19 +565,14 @@ void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void)
  */
 void tick_nohz_irq_exit(void)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
 	struct tick_sched *ts = &__get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_sched);
 
 	if (!ts->inidle)
 		return;
 
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-
-	/* Cancel the timer because CPU already waken up from the C-states */
+	/* Cancel the timer because CPU already waken up from the C-states*/
 	menu_hrtimer_cancel();
 	__tick_nohz_idle_enter(ts);
-
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 /**