diff --git a/drivers/misc/ibmasm/ibmasm.h b/drivers/misc/ibmasm/ibmasm.h
index 1cef2387fa65f05eaffb1830f692a2c5278cc5c7..6aba419544488c58571d115f264368d30b3bed67 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ibmasm/ibmasm.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/ibmasm/ibmasm.h
@@ -101,15 +101,16 @@ struct command {
 static inline void command_put(struct command *cmd)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
+	spinlock_t *lock = cmd->lock;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(cmd->lock, flags);
-        kobject_put(&cmd->kobj);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(cmd->lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
+	kobject_put(&cmd->kobj);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
 }
 
 static inline void command_get(struct command *cmd)
 {
-        kobject_get(&cmd->kobj);
+	kobject_get(&cmd->kobj);
 }