diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 0f69a3e5281e..d2b9d7c31eaf 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -205,19 +205,17 @@ static unsigned long *alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk, int node)
 	void *stack;
 	int i;
 
-	local_irq_disable();
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_CACHED_STACKS; i++) {
-		struct vm_struct *s = this_cpu_read(cached_stacks[i]);
+		struct vm_struct *s;
+
+		s = this_cpu_xchg(cached_stacks[i], NULL);
 
 		if (!s)
 			continue;
-		this_cpu_write(cached_stacks[i], NULL);
 
 		tsk->stack_vm_area = s;
-		local_irq_enable();
 		return s->addr;
 	}
-	local_irq_enable();
 
 	stack = __vmalloc_node_range(THREAD_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE,
 				     VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
@@ -245,19 +243,15 @@ static inline void free_thread_stack(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
 	if (task_stack_vm_area(tsk)) {
-		unsigned long flags;
 		int i;
 
-		local_irq_save(flags);
 		for (i = 0; i < NR_CACHED_STACKS; i++) {
-			if (this_cpu_read(cached_stacks[i]))
+			if (this_cpu_cmpxchg(cached_stacks[i],
+					NULL, tsk->stack_vm_area) != NULL)
 				continue;
 
-			this_cpu_write(cached_stacks[i], tsk->stack_vm_area);
-			local_irq_restore(flags);
 			return;
 		}
-		local_irq_restore(flags);
 
 		vfree_atomic(tsk->stack);
 		return;