1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/sys/dev/ppc/ppc_isa.c b/sys/dev/ppc/ppc_isa.c
index 14424a3cc86dc..a40fc8e8ef368 100644
--- a/sys/dev/ppc/ppc_isa.c
+++ b/sys/dev/ppc/ppc_isa.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ ppc_isa_write(device_t dev, char *buf, int len, int how)
 {
 	struct ppc_data *ppc = device_get_softc(dev);
 	char ecr, ecr_sav, ctr, ctr_sav;
-	int s, error = 0;
+	int error = 0;
 	int spin;
 
 	PPC_ASSERT_LOCKED(ppc);
@@ -190,12 +190,6 @@ ppc_isa_write(device_t dev, char *buf, int len, int how)
 	w_ecr(ppc, ecr);
 	ecr = r_ecr(ppc);
 
-	/* enter splhigh() not to be preempted
-	 * by the dma interrupt, we may miss
-	 * the wakeup otherwise
-	 */
-	s = splhigh();
-
 	ppc->ppc_dmastat = PPC_DMA_INIT;
 
 	/* enable interrupts */
@@ -221,8 +215,6 @@ ppc_isa_write(device_t dev, char *buf, int len, int how)
 		    "ppcdma", 0);
 	} while (error == EWOULDBLOCK);
 
-	splx(s);
-
 	if (error) {
 #ifdef PPC_DEBUG
 		printf("i");