diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/smp.c
index c855a0aeb49cc8..d7ab868aab54af 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/smp.c
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ static inline int smp_startup_cpu(unsigned int lcpu)
 
 	pcpu = get_hard_smp_processor_id(lcpu);
 
-	/* Fixup atomic count: it exited inside IRQ handler. */
-	task_thread_info(paca_ptrs[lcpu]->__current)->preempt_count	= 0;
-
 	/*
 	 * If the RTAS start-cpu token does not exist then presume the
 	 * cpu is already spinning.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/smp.c
index 096629f545769f..f47429323eee94 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/smp.c
@@ -105,9 +105,6 @@ static inline int smp_startup_cpu(unsigned int lcpu)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	/* Fixup atomic count: it exited inside IRQ handler. */
-	task_thread_info(paca_ptrs[lcpu]->__current)->preempt_count	= 0;
-
 	/* 
 	 * If the RTAS start-cpu token does not exist then presume the
 	 * cpu is already spinning.