diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/tile/kernel/smpboot.c
index e686c5ac90be..11c0190bb096 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -207,8 +207,6 @@ void __cpuinit online_secondary(void)
 	/* Set up tile-timer clock-event device on this cpu */
 	setup_tile_timer();
 
-	preempt_enable();
-
 	cpu_idle();
 }