int cnt1_enabled, cnt2_enabled;
 } reg;
 
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sample_lock);
-
 static char *oprofid = "LoongsonPerf";
 static irqreturn_t loongson2_perfcount_handler(int irq, void *dev_id);
 /* Compute all of the registers in preparation for enabling profiling.  */
        uint64_t counter, counter1, counter2;
        struct pt_regs *regs = get_irq_regs();
        int enabled;
-       unsigned long flags;
 
        /*
         * LOONGSON2 defines two 32-bit performance counters.
        counter1 = counter & 0xffffffff;
        counter2 = counter >> 32;
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&sample_lock, flags);
-
        if (counter1 & LOONGSON2_PERFCNT_OVERFLOW) {
                if (reg.cnt1_enabled)
                        oprofile_add_sample(regs, 0);
                counter2 = reg.reset_counter2;
        }
 
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sample_lock, flags);
-
        write_c0_perfcnt((counter2 << 32) | counter1);
 
        return IRQ_HANDLED;