diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index b8e4dce..03ea137 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -1620,9 +1620,11 @@
 	new_base = &get_cpu_var(hrtimer_bases);
 
 	tick_cancel_sched_timer(cpu);
-
-	local_irq_disable();
-	spin_lock(&new_base->lock);
+	/*
+	 * The caller is globally serialized and nobody else
+	 * takes two locks at once, deadlock is not possible.
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irq(&new_base->lock);
 	spin_lock_nested(&old_base->lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES; i++) {
@@ -1631,8 +1633,7 @@
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock(&old_base->lock);
-	spin_unlock(&new_base->lock);
-	local_irq_enable();
+	spin_unlock_irq(&new_base->lock);
 	put_cpu_var(hrtimer_bases);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 03bc7f1..e8019cc 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1435,9 +1435,11 @@
 	BUG_ON(cpu_online(cpu));
 	old_base = per_cpu(tvec_bases, cpu);
 	new_base = get_cpu_var(tvec_bases);
-
-	local_irq_disable();
-	spin_lock(&new_base->lock);
+	/*
+	 * The caller is globally serialized and nobody else
+	 * takes two locks at once, deadlock is not possible.
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irq(&new_base->lock);
 	spin_lock_nested(&old_base->lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 
 	BUG_ON(old_base->running_timer);
@@ -1452,8 +1454,7 @@
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock(&old_base->lock);
-	spin_unlock(&new_base->lock);
-	local_irq_enable();
+	spin_unlock_irq(&new_base->lock);
 	put_cpu_var(tvec_bases);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */