diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/smp.c b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/smp.c
index ecd903dd1c4567..8b1eeffa12edf0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/smp.c
@@ -240,9 +240,7 @@ static int octeon_cpu_disable(void)
 
 	set_cpu_online(cpu, false);
 	cpu_clear(cpu, cpu_callin_map);
-	local_irq_disable();
 	octeon_fixup_irqs();
-	local_irq_enable();
 
 	flush_cache_all();
 	local_flush_tlb_all();