diff --git a/crypto/tcrypt.c b/crypto/tcrypt.c
index 9a11f3c2bf98..0dd6a432d6ca 100644
--- a/crypto/tcrypt.c
+++ b/crypto/tcrypt.c
@@ -138,8 +138,6 @@ static int test_aead_cycles(struct aead_request *req, int enc, int blen)
 	int ret = 0;
 	int i;
 
-	local_irq_disable();
-
 	/* Warm-up run. */
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
 		if (enc)
@@ -169,8 +167,6 @@ static int test_aead_cycles(struct aead_request *req, int enc, int blen)
 	}
 
 out:
-	local_irq_enable();
-
 	if (ret == 0)
 		printk("1 operation in %lu cycles (%d bytes)\n",
 		       (cycles + 4) / 8, blen);