diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3a790ba587cf..5b78ffc6834f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e2609f6aa2dce5d960ea1fe32f57524c315dede5
+refs/heads/master: f5de6ecc84b58ba0f394365eafc8681af7a4f73d
diff --git a/trunk/arch/alpha/kernel/irq.c b/trunk/arch/alpha/kernel/irq.c
index 5912900a42eb..9ab234f48dd8 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/alpha/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/alpha/kernel/irq.c
@@ -160,15 +160,14 @@ handle_irq(int irq)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	irq_enter();
 	/*
-	 * handle_irq() must be called with IPL_MAX. Note that we do not
+	 * From here we must proceed with IPL_MAX. Note that we do not
 	 * explicitly enable interrupts afterwards - some MILO PALcode
 	 * (namely LX164 one) seems to have severe problems with RTI
 	 * at IPL 0.
 	 */
 	local_irq_disable();
+	irq_enter();
 	generic_handle_irq_desc(irq, desc);
 	irq_exit();
 }
-