diff --git a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
index 3d0ecc273cc6..84237f640789 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ static void free_htab_elem(struct bpf_htab *htab, struct htab_elem *l)
 	}
 
 	if (htab_is_prealloc(htab)) {
-		pcpu_freelist_push(&htab->freelist, &l->fnode);
+		__pcpu_freelist_push(&htab->freelist, &l->fnode);
 	} else {
 		atomic_dec(&htab->count);
 		l->htab = htab;
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ static struct htab_elem *alloc_htab_elem(struct bpf_htab *htab, void *key,
 		} else {
 			struct pcpu_freelist_node *l;
 
-			l = pcpu_freelist_pop(&htab->freelist);
+			l = __pcpu_freelist_pop(&htab->freelist);
 			if (!l)
 				return ERR_PTR(-E2BIG);
 			l_new = container_of(l, struct htab_elem, fnode);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/percpu_freelist.c b/kernel/bpf/percpu_freelist.c
index 673fa6fe2d73..0c1b4ba9e90e 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/percpu_freelist.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/percpu_freelist.c
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ void pcpu_freelist_destroy(struct pcpu_freelist *s)
 	free_percpu(s->freelist);
 }
 
-static inline void __pcpu_freelist_push(struct pcpu_freelist_head *head,
-					struct pcpu_freelist_node *node)
+static inline void ___pcpu_freelist_push(struct pcpu_freelist_head *head,
+					 struct pcpu_freelist_node *node)
 {
 	raw_spin_lock(&head->lock);
 	node->next = head->first;
@@ -37,12 +37,22 @@ static inline void __pcpu_freelist_push(struct pcpu_freelist_head *head,
 	raw_spin_unlock(&head->lock);
 }
 
-void pcpu_freelist_push(struct pcpu_freelist *s,
+void __pcpu_freelist_push(struct pcpu_freelist *s,
 			struct pcpu_freelist_node *node)
 {
 	struct pcpu_freelist_head *head = this_cpu_ptr(s->freelist);
 
-	__pcpu_freelist_push(head, node);
+	___pcpu_freelist_push(head, node);
+}
+
+void pcpu_freelist_push(struct pcpu_freelist *s,
+			struct pcpu_freelist_node *node)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	__pcpu_freelist_push(s, node);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 void pcpu_freelist_populate(struct pcpu_freelist *s, void *buf, u32 elem_size,
@@ -63,7 +73,7 @@ void pcpu_freelist_populate(struct pcpu_freelist *s, void *buf, u32 elem_size,
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 again:
 		head = per_cpu_ptr(s->freelist, cpu);
-		__pcpu_freelist_push(head, buf);
+		___pcpu_freelist_push(head, buf);
 		i++;
 		buf += elem_size;
 		if (i == nr_elems)
@@ -74,14 +84,12 @@ again:
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
-struct pcpu_freelist_node *pcpu_freelist_pop(struct pcpu_freelist *s)
+struct pcpu_freelist_node *__pcpu_freelist_pop(struct pcpu_freelist *s)
 {
 	struct pcpu_freelist_head *head;
 	struct pcpu_freelist_node *node;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	int orig_cpu, cpu;
 
-	local_irq_save(flags);
 	orig_cpu = cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
 	while (1) {
 		head = per_cpu_ptr(s->freelist, cpu);
@@ -89,16 +97,25 @@ struct pcpu_freelist_node *pcpu_freelist_pop(struct pcpu_freelist *s)
 		node = head->first;
 		if (node) {
 			head->first = node->next;
-			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&head->lock, flags);
+			raw_spin_unlock(&head->lock);
 			return node;
 		}
 		raw_spin_unlock(&head->lock);
 		cpu = cpumask_next(cpu, cpu_possible_mask);
 		if (cpu >= nr_cpu_ids)
 			cpu = 0;
-		if (cpu == orig_cpu) {
-			local_irq_restore(flags);
+		if (cpu == orig_cpu)
 			return NULL;
-		}
 	}
 }
+
+struct pcpu_freelist_node *pcpu_freelist_pop(struct pcpu_freelist *s)
+{
+	struct pcpu_freelist_node *ret;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	ret = __pcpu_freelist_pop(s);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/percpu_freelist.h b/kernel/bpf/percpu_freelist.h
index 3049aae8ea1e..c3960118e617 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/percpu_freelist.h
+++ b/kernel/bpf/percpu_freelist.h
@@ -22,8 +22,12 @@ struct pcpu_freelist_node {
 	struct pcpu_freelist_node *next;
 };
 
+/* pcpu_freelist_* do spin_lock_irqsave. */
 void pcpu_freelist_push(struct pcpu_freelist *, struct pcpu_freelist_node *);
 struct pcpu_freelist_node *pcpu_freelist_pop(struct pcpu_freelist *);
+/* __pcpu_freelist_* do spin_lock only. caller must disable irqs. */
+void __pcpu_freelist_push(struct pcpu_freelist *, struct pcpu_freelist_node *);
+struct pcpu_freelist_node *__pcpu_freelist_pop(struct pcpu_freelist *);
 void pcpu_freelist_populate(struct pcpu_freelist *s, void *buf, u32 elem_size,
 			    u32 nr_elems);
 int pcpu_freelist_init(struct pcpu_freelist *);