diff --git a/net/rds/ib_rdma.c b/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
index 8f6e221c9f7836c1db5e459752e7ff577273835d..b5a88415a18e811e79c56e83c56b6df13336059a 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ void rds_ib_add_conn(struct rds_ib_device *rds_ibdev, struct rds_connection *con
 	BUG_ON(list_empty(&ic->ib_node));
 	list_del(&ic->ib_node);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&rds_ibdev->spinlock);
+	spin_lock(&rds_ibdev->spinlock);
 	list_add_tail(&ic->ib_node, &rds_ibdev->conn_list);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&rds_ibdev->spinlock);
+	spin_unlock(&rds_ibdev->spinlock);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ib_nodev_conns_lock);
 
 	ic->rds_ibdev = rds_ibdev;
diff --git a/net/rds/iw_rdma.c b/net/rds/iw_rdma.c
index 4e152e2daa3d02cc1ca2397853d00cbca8d75809..0e7accc23ee2b6d03194f8da546f3ca22188a820 100644
--- a/net/rds/iw_rdma.c
+++ b/net/rds/iw_rdma.c
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@ void rds_iw_add_conn(struct rds_iw_device *rds_iwdev, struct rds_connection *con
 	BUG_ON(list_empty(&ic->iw_node));
 	list_del(&ic->iw_node);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&rds_iwdev->spinlock);
+	spin_lock(&rds_iwdev->spinlock);
 	list_add_tail(&ic->iw_node, &rds_iwdev->conn_list);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&rds_iwdev->spinlock);
+	spin_unlock(&rds_iwdev->spinlock);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&iw_nodev_conns_lock);
 
 	ic->rds_iwdev = rds_iwdev;