diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/timing.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/timing.c
index 46fa04f12a9b979c7cbe50c703d43e2c2705604e..a021f5827a336ce97b6c62ed5b8d0ca625d571bf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/timing.c
+++ b/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)