diff --git a/kernel/user.c b/kernel/user.c
index 5f65ef195259..0df9b1640b2a 100644
--- a/kernel/user.c
+++ b/kernel/user.c
@@ -169,11 +169,8 @@ void free_uid(struct user_struct *up)
 	if (!up)
 		return;
 
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-	if (refcount_dec_and_lock(&up->__count, &uidhash_lock))
+	if (refcount_dec_and_lock_irqsave(&up->__count, &uidhash_lock, &flags))
 		free_user(up, flags);
-	else
-		local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 struct user_struct *alloc_uid(kuid_t uid)