diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c
index 2ec5bbff461e..52290547c85b 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -740,11 +740,10 @@ int __cpu_disable(void)
 
 	if (migrate_platform_irqs(cpu)) {
 		cpu_set(cpu, cpu_online_map);
-		return (-EBUSY);
+		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
 	remove_siblinginfo(cpu);
-	cpu_clear(cpu, cpu_online_map);
 	fixup_irqs();
 	local_flush_tlb_all();
 	cpu_clear(cpu, cpu_callin_map);