diff --git a/include/linux/srcu.h b/include/linux/srcu.h
index 167ad8831aafe092a53f87b982acb45748973337..4c1d5f7e62c4f6aef8eded0ec9db4d812a4acd29 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcu.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcu.h
@@ -172,9 +172,7 @@ static inline int srcu_read_lock(struct srcu_struct *sp) __acquires(sp)
 {
 	int retval;
 
-	preempt_disable();
 	retval = __srcu_read_lock(sp);
-	preempt_enable();
 	rcu_lock_acquire(&(sp)->dep_map);
 	return retval;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcu.c b/kernel/rcu/srcu.c
index 584d8a983883584dfa87ff0e36cf01465506c199..dea03614263fdc185fbdb3a7e3ec9ec8d1618888 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/srcu.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/srcu.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cleanup_srcu_struct);
 
 /*
  * Counts the new reader in the appropriate per-CPU element of the
- * srcu_struct.  Must be called from process context.
+ * srcu_struct.
  * Returns an index that must be passed to the matching srcu_read_unlock().
  */
 int __srcu_read_lock(struct srcu_struct *sp)
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ int __srcu_read_lock(struct srcu_struct *sp)
 	int idx;
 
 	idx = READ_ONCE(sp->completed) & 0x1;
-	__this_cpu_inc(sp->per_cpu_ref->lock_count[idx]);
+	this_cpu_inc(sp->per_cpu_ref->lock_count[idx]);
 	smp_mb(); /* B */  /* Avoid leaking the critical section. */
 	return idx;
 }
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__srcu_read_lock);
  * Removes the count for the old reader from the appropriate per-CPU
  * element of the srcu_struct.  Note that this may well be a different
  * CPU than that which was incremented by the corresponding srcu_read_lock().
- * Must be called from process context.
  */
 void __srcu_read_unlock(struct srcu_struct *sp, int idx)
 {