diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/kmap.c b/arch/sh/mm/kmap.c
index ec29e14ec5a8..bf25d7c79a2d 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/kmap.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/kmap.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ void *kmap_coherent(struct page *page, unsigned long addr)
 
 	BUG_ON(!test_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &page->flags));
 
+	preempt_disable();
 	pagefault_disable();
 
 	idx = FIX_CMAP_END -
@@ -64,4 +65,5 @@ void kunmap_coherent(void *kvaddr)
 	}
 
 	pagefault_enable();
+	preempt_enable();
 }