diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 7c56c3d06943..35825a87d6a3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1693,22 +1693,14 @@ int ring_buffer_resize(struct ring_buffer *buffer, unsigned long size,
 			if (!cpu_buffer->nr_pages_to_update)
 				continue;
 
-			/* The update must run on the CPU that is being updated. */
-			preempt_disable();
-			if (cpu == smp_processor_id() || !cpu_online(cpu)) {
+			/* Can't run something on an offline CPU. */
+			if (!cpu_online(cpu)) {
 				rb_update_pages(cpu_buffer);
 				cpu_buffer->nr_pages_to_update = 0;
 			} else {
-				/*
-				 * Can not disable preemption for schedule_work_on()
-				 * on PREEMPT_RT.
-				 */
-				preempt_enable();
 				schedule_work_on(cpu,
 						&cpu_buffer->update_pages_work);
-				preempt_disable();
 			}
-			preempt_enable();
 		}
 
 		/* wait for all the updates to complete */
@@ -1746,22 +1738,14 @@ int ring_buffer_resize(struct ring_buffer *buffer, unsigned long size,
 
 		get_online_cpus();
 
-		preempt_disable();
-		/* The update must run on the CPU that is being updated. */
-		if (cpu_id == smp_processor_id() || !cpu_online(cpu_id))
+		/* Can't run something on an offline CPU. */
+		if (!cpu_online(cpu_id))
 			rb_update_pages(cpu_buffer);
 		else {
-			/*
-			 * Can not disable preemption for schedule_work_on()
-			 * on PREEMPT_RT.
-			 */
-			preempt_enable();
 			schedule_work_on(cpu_id,
 					 &cpu_buffer->update_pages_work);
 			wait_for_completion(&cpu_buffer->update_done);
-			preempt_disable();
 		}
-		preempt_enable();
 
 		cpu_buffer->nr_pages_to_update = 0;
 		put_online_cpus();