diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d9cc16b8206c..b0f6817bd58e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6f34b08f58f5097bb408e188e09cda75e61ee513
+refs/heads/master: d0f140e03e38dc553a0bb61611c15fcede671f23
diff --git a/trunk/arch/microblaze/kernel/process.c b/trunk/arch/microblaze/kernel/process.c
index 09bed44dfcd3..ba7c4b16ed35 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/microblaze/kernel/process.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/microblaze/kernel/process.c
@@ -76,8 +76,11 @@ __setup("hlt", hlt_setup);
 void default_idle(void)
 {
 	if (likely(hlt_counter)) {
-		while (!need_resched())
-			cpu_relax();
+		local_irq_disable();
+		stop_critical_timings();
+		cpu_relax();
+		start_critical_timings();
+		local_irq_enable();
 	} else {
 		clear_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
 		smp_mb__after_clear_bit();