diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c
index 153051eb6d9330643e0c3924273a3e6d04a8921f..a4619347aa7e61a702e7a7f6c584080a31d5f4fb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c
@@ -71,20 +71,25 @@ static void pas_restart(char *cmd)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(timebase_lock);
+static raw_spinlock_t timebase_lock;
 static unsigned long timebase;
 
 static void __devinit pas_give_timebase(void)
 {
-	spin_lock(&timebase_lock);
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	hard_irq_disable();
+	__raw_spin_lock(&timebase_lock);
 	mtspr(SPRN_TBCTL, TBCTL_FREEZE);
 	isync();
 	timebase = get_tb();
-	spin_unlock(&timebase_lock);
+	__raw_spin_unlock(&timebase_lock);
 
 	while (timebase)
 		barrier();
 	mtspr(SPRN_TBCTL, TBCTL_RESTART);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 static void __devinit pas_take_timebase(void)
@@ -92,10 +97,10 @@ static void __devinit pas_take_timebase(void)
 	while (!timebase)
 		smp_rmb();
 
-	spin_lock(&timebase_lock);
+	__raw_spin_lock(&timebase_lock);
 	set_tb(timebase >> 32, timebase & 0xffffffff);
 	timebase = 0;
-	spin_unlock(&timebase_lock);
+	__raw_spin_unlock(&timebase_lock);
 }
 
 struct smp_ops_t pas_smp_ops = {