diff --git a/kernel/rcupreempt.c b/kernel/rcupreempt.c
index c7c52096df48..845abcd472b0 100644
--- a/kernel/rcupreempt.c
+++ b/kernel/rcupreempt.c
@@ -918,8 +918,9 @@ void rcu_offline_cpu(int cpu)
 	 * fix.
 	 */
 
+	local_irq_save(flags);
 	rdp = RCU_DATA_ME();
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&rdp->lock, flags);
+	spin_lock(&rdp->lock);
 	*rdp->nexttail = list;
 	if (list)
 		rdp->nexttail = tail;