Index: libcfa/src/concurrency/kernel/startup.cfa
===================================================================
--- libcfa/src/concurrency/kernel/startup.cfa	(revision 97cba9fee0cbf9077d156d7fa3b1248e309df844)
+++ libcfa/src/concurrency/kernel/startup.cfa	(revision d168fefeb501985af850d186e00a44817754e9ba)
@@ -579,4 +579,5 @@
 
 	// Lock the RWlock so no-one pushes/pops while we are changing the queue
+	disable_interrupts();
 	uint_fast32_t last_size = ready_mutate_lock();
 
@@ -586,4 +587,6 @@
 	// Unlock the RWlock
 	ready_mutate_unlock( last_size );
+	enable_interrupts_noPoll(); // Don't poll, could be in main cluster
+
 
 	this.io.cnt  = num_io;
@@ -601,4 +604,5 @@
 
 	// Lock the RWlock so no-one pushes/pops while we are changing the queue
+	disable_interrupts();
 	uint_fast32_t last_size = ready_mutate_lock();
 
@@ -608,4 +612,5 @@
 	// Unlock the RWlock
 	ready_mutate_unlock( last_size );
+	enable_interrupts_noPoll(); // Don't poll, could be in main cluster
 
 	#if !defined(__CFA_NO_STATISTICS__)
Index: libcfa/src/concurrency/ready_queue.cfa
===================================================================
--- libcfa/src/concurrency/ready_queue.cfa	(revision 97cba9fee0cbf9077d156d7fa3b1248e309df844)
+++ libcfa/src/concurrency/ready_queue.cfa	(revision d168fefeb501985af850d186e00a44817754e9ba)
@@ -215,4 +215,29 @@
 }
 
+static inline [unsigned, bool] idx_from_r(unsigned r, unsigned preferred) {
+	unsigned i;
+	bool local;
+	#if defined(BIAS)
+		unsigned rlow  = r % BIAS;
+		unsigned rhigh = r / BIAS;
+		if((0 != rlow) && preferred >= 0) {
+			// (BIAS - 1) out of BIAS chances
+			// Use perferred queues
+			i = preferred + (rhigh % 4);
+			local = true;
+		}
+		else {
+			// 1 out of BIAS chances
+			// Use all queues
+			i = rhigh;
+			local = false;
+		}
+	#else
+		i = r;
+		local = false;
+	#endif
+	return [i, local];
+}
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 __attribute__((hot)) bool push(struct cluster * cltr, struct $thread * thrd) with (cltr->ready_queue) {
@@ -222,7 +247,8 @@
 	thrd->link.ts = rdtscl();
 
-	#if defined(BIAS) && !defined(__CFA_NO_STATISTICS__)
-		bool local = false;
-		int preferred =
+	__attribute__((unused)) bool local;
+	__attribute__((unused)) int preferred;
+	#if defined(BIAS)
+		preferred =
 			//*
 			kernelTLS.this_processor ? kernelTLS.this_processor->id * 4 : -1;
@@ -230,6 +256,4 @@
 			thrd->link.preferred * 4;
 			//*/
-
-
 	#endif
 
@@ -238,26 +262,11 @@
 	do {
 		// Pick the index of a lane
-		#if defined(BIAS)
-			unsigned r = __tls_rand();
-			unsigned rlow  = r % BIAS;
-			unsigned rhigh = r / BIAS;
-			if((0 != rlow) && preferred >= 0) {
-				// (BIAS - 1) out of BIAS chances
-				// Use perferred queues
-				i = preferred + (rhigh % 4);
-
-				#if !defined(__CFA_NO_STATISTICS__)
-					local = true;
-					__tls_stats()->ready.pick.push.local++;
-				#endif
-			}
-			else {
-				// 1 out of BIAS chances
-				// Use all queues
-				i = rhigh;
-				local = false;
-			}
-		#else
-			i = __tls_rand();
+		unsigned r = __tls_rand();
+		[i, local] = idx_from_r(r, preferred);
+
+		#if !defined(__CFA_NO_STATISTICS__)
+			if(local) {
+				__tls_stats()->ready.pick.push.local++;
+			}
 		#endif
 
@@ -311,8 +320,11 @@
 	/* paranoid */ verify( lanes.count > 0 );
 	unsigned count = __atomic_load_n( &lanes.count, __ATOMIC_RELAXED );
+	int preferred;
 	#if defined(BIAS)
 		// Don't bother trying locally too much
 		int local_tries = 8;
-	#endif
+		preferred = kernelTLS.this_processor->id * 4;
+	#endif
+
 
 	// As long as the list is not empty, try finding a lane that isn't empty and pop from it
@@ -323,36 +335,19 @@
 	#endif
 		// Pick two lists at random
-		unsigned i,j;
-		#if defined(BIAS)
-			#if !defined(__CFA_NO_STATISTICS__)
-				bool local = false;
-			#endif
-			uint64_t r = __tls_rand();
-			unsigned rlow  = r % BIAS;
-			uint64_t rhigh = r / BIAS;
-			if(local_tries && 0 != rlow) {
-				// (BIAS - 1) out of BIAS chances
-				// Use perferred queues
-				unsigned pid = kernelTLS.this_processor->id * 4;
-				i = pid + (rhigh % 4);
-				j = pid + ((rhigh >> 32ull) % 4);
-
-				// count the tries
-				local_tries--;
-
-				#if !defined(__CFA_NO_STATISTICS__)
-					local = true;
-					__tls_stats()->ready.pick.pop.local++;
-				#endif
-			}
-			else {
-				// 1 out of BIAS chances
-				// Use all queues
-				i = rhigh;
-				j = rhigh >> 32ull;
-			}
-		#else
-			i = __tls_rand();
-			j = __tls_rand();
+		unsigned ri = __tls_rand();
+		unsigned rj = __tls_rand();
+
+		unsigned i, j;
+		__attribute__((unused)) bool locali, localj;
+		[i, locali] = idx_from_r(ri, preferred);
+		[j, localj] = idx_from_r(rj, preferred);
+
+		#if !defined(__CFA_NO_STATISTICS__)
+			if(locali) {
+				__tls_stats()->ready.pick.pop.local++;
+			}
+			if(localj) {
+				__tls_stats()->ready.pick.pop.local++;
+			}
 		#endif
 
@@ -364,5 +359,5 @@
 		if(thrd) {
 			#if defined(BIAS) && !defined(__CFA_NO_STATISTICS__)
-				if( local ) __tls_stats()->ready.pick.pop.lsuccess++;
+				if( locali || localj ) __tls_stats()->ready.pick.pop.lsuccess++;
 			#endif
 			return thrd;