diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vtime.c b/arch/s390/kernel/vtime.c
index 01f3d29..9d5b028 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vtime.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vtime.c
@@ -524,16 +524,15 @@
 void init_cpu_vtimer(void)
 {
 	struct vtimer_queue *vt_list;
-	unsigned long cr0;
 
 	/* kick the virtual timer */
 	S390_lowcore.exit_timer = VTIMER_MAX_SLICE;
 	S390_lowcore.last_update_timer = VTIMER_MAX_SLICE;
 	asm volatile ("SPT %0" : : "m" (S390_lowcore.last_update_timer));
 	asm volatile ("STCK %0" : "=m" (S390_lowcore.last_update_clock));
-	__ctl_store(cr0, 0, 0);
-	cr0 |= 0x400;
-	__ctl_load(cr0, 0, 0);
+
+	/* enable cpu timer interrupts */
+	__ctl_set_bit(0,10);
 
 	vt_list = &per_cpu(virt_cpu_timer, smp_processor_id());
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vt_list->list);
@@ -572,6 +571,7 @@
 	if (register_idle_notifier(&vtimer_idle_nb))
 		panic("Couldn't register idle notifier");
 
+	/* Enable cpu timer interrupts on the boot cpu. */
 	init_cpu_vtimer();
 }