see #2003 for details

--- linux-2.6.13/kernel/softirq.c
+++ linux-2.6.13/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -146,7 +146,12 @@
 
 void local_bh_enable(void)
 {
-	WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
+	// no warning needed as we know it's broken but there appears
+	// to be a race condition causing deadlocks/reboots more often
+	// if we give the system time to log errors (FBF 7170)
+	//WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
+	irqs_disabled();
+
 	/*
 	 * Keep preemption disabled until we are done with
 	 * softirq processing: