diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_crtc.c
index 8a84a31c7b48..73a561af13d1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_crtc.c
@@ -580,7 +580,8 @@ void intel_pipe_update_start(struct intel_atomic_state *state,
 	 */
 	intel_psr_wait_for_idle_locked(new_crtc_state);
 
-	local_irq_disable();
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
+		local_irq_disable();
 
 	crtc->debug.min_vbl = min;
 	crtc->debug.max_vbl = max;
@@ -605,11 +606,13 @@ void intel_pipe_update_start(struct intel_atomic_state *state,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		local_irq_enable();
+		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
+			local_irq_enable();
 
 		timeout = schedule_timeout(timeout);
 
-		local_irq_disable();
+		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
+			local_irq_disable();
 	}
 
 	finish_wait(wq, &wait);
@@ -642,7 +645,8 @@ void intel_pipe_update_start(struct intel_atomic_state *state,
 	return;
 
 irq_disable:
-	local_irq_disable();
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
+		local_irq_disable();
 }
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_DEBUG_VBLANK_EVADE)
@@ -744,7 +748,8 @@ void intel_pipe_update_end(struct intel_atomic_state *state,
 	 */
 	intel_vrr_send_push(new_crtc_state);
 
-	local_irq_enable();
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
+		local_irq_enable();
 
 	if (intel_vgpu_active(dev_priv))
 		goto out;