diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c b/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c
index ba76b0c11d38..9fff08eabe8f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c
@@ -108,9 +108,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(local_flush_tlb_all);
    these entries, we just bump the asid. */
 void local_flush_tlb_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-	preempt_disable();
 	drop_mmu_context(mm);
-	preempt_enable();
 }
 
 void local_flush_tlb_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,