diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index 998bd807fc7b..b83a06739b51 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -821,8 +821,6 @@ __bad_area_nosemaphore(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
 		force_sig_pkuerr((void __user *)address, pkey);
 	else
 		force_sig_fault(SIGSEGV, si_code, (void __user *)address);
-
-	local_irq_disable();
 }
 
 static noinline void
@@ -1474,15 +1472,12 @@ handle_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
 		do_kern_addr_fault(regs, error_code, address);
 	} else {
 		do_user_addr_fault(regs, error_code, address);
-		/*
-		 * User address page fault handling might have reenabled
-		 * interrupts. Fixing up all potential exit points of
-		 * do_user_addr_fault() and its leaf functions is just not
-		 * doable w/o creating an unholy mess or turning the code
-		 * upside down.
-		 */
-		local_irq_disable();
 	}
+	/*
+	 * page fault handling might have reenabled interrupts,
+	 * make sure to disable them again.
+	 */
+	local_irq_disable();
 }
 
 DEFINE_IDTENTRY_RAW_ERRORCODE(exc_page_fault)