diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7a4c0f00a21d..61cfe4b27fcd 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f22e2f049d4643ed3c2d498ca50f894ace87962b
+refs/heads/master: bb59e9748f9bc95212c7fe21468ba184938c48cb
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/kvm/timing.c b/trunk/arch/powerpc/kvm/timing.c
index 46fa04f12a9b..a021f5827a33 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/kvm/timing.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/kvm/timing.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ void kvmppc_init_timing_stats(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	int i;
 
 	/* pause guest execution to avoid concurrent updates */
-	local_irq_disable();
 	mutex_lock(&vcpu->mutex);
 
 	vcpu->arch.last_exit_type = 0xDEAD;
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ void kvmppc_init_timing_stats(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	vcpu->arch.timing_last_enter.tv64 = 0;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&vcpu->mutex);
-	local_irq_enable();
 }
 
 static void add_exit_timing(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 duration, int type)