diff --git a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
index 2672f4d278ac..7a37d06376be 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ void kvm_arch_hardware_enable(void *garbage)
 				PAGE_KERNEL));
 	local_irq_save(saved_psr);
 	slot = ia64_itr_entry(0x3, KVM_VMM_BASE, pte, KVM_VMM_SHIFT);
+	local_irq_restore(saved_psr);
 	if (slot < 0)
 		return;
-	local_irq_restore(saved_psr);
 
 	spin_lock(&vp_lock);
 	status = ia64_pal_vp_init_env(kvm_vsa_base ?
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ void kvm_arch_hardware_disable(void *garbage)
 
 	local_irq_save(saved_psr);
 	slot = ia64_itr_entry(0x3, KVM_VMM_BASE, pte, KVM_VMM_SHIFT);
+	local_irq_restore(saved_psr);
 	if (slot < 0)
 		return;
-	local_irq_restore(saved_psr);
 
 	status = ia64_pal_vp_exit_env(host_iva);
 	if (status)
@@ -1253,6 +1253,7 @@ static int vti_vcpu_setup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int id)
 uninit:
 	kvm_vcpu_uninit(vcpu);
 fail:
+	local_irq_restore(psr);
 	return r;
 }