diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index c5766e504e73..c4a9b8901576 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2554,14 +2554,10 @@ static void flush_all(struct kmem_cache *s)
 static int slub_cpu_dead(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
-	list_for_each_entry(s, &slab_caches, list) {
-		local_irq_save(flags);
+	list_for_each_entry(s, &slab_caches, list)
 		__flush_cpu_slab(s, cpu);
-		local_irq_restore(flags);
-	}
 	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }