diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 4bb13e72ac97..e085b13c572e 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1770,9 +1770,11 @@ static void vmstat_update(struct work_struct *w)
 		 * to occur in the future. Keep on running the
 		 * update worker thread.
 		 */
+		preempt_disable();
 		queue_delayed_work_on(smp_processor_id(), mm_percpu_wq,
 				this_cpu_ptr(&vmstat_work),
 				round_jiffies_relative(sysctl_stat_interval));
+		preempt_enable();
 	}
 }