diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
index 652683cb4b4b..14bb0d5ed3c6 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -2824,9 +2824,10 @@ void hugetlb_setup(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	 * the Data-TLB for huge pages.
 	 */
 	if (tlb_type == cheetah_plus) {
+		bool need_context_reload = false;
 		unsigned long ctx;
 
-		spin_lock(&ctx_alloc_lock);
+		spin_lock_irq(&ctx_alloc_lock);
 		ctx = mm->context.sparc64_ctx_val;
 		ctx &= ~CTX_PGSZ_MASK;
 		ctx |= CTX_PGSZ_BASE << CTX_PGSZ0_SHIFT;
@@ -2845,9 +2846,12 @@ void hugetlb_setup(struct pt_regs *regs)
 			 * also executing in this address space.
 			 */
 			mm->context.sparc64_ctx_val = ctx;
-			on_each_cpu(context_reload, mm, 0);
+			need_context_reload = true;
 		}
-		spin_unlock(&ctx_alloc_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&ctx_alloc_lock);
+
+		if (need_context_reload)
+			on_each_cpu(context_reload, mm, 0);
 	}
 }
 #endif