diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hysdn/boardergo.c b/drivers/isdn/hysdn/boardergo.c
index 6cdbad3a992631f185911a62ff79309516462eba..3eb096f0ae1b848e109685f854cecafda87982c9 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hysdn/boardergo.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hysdn/boardergo.c
@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@ ergo_interrupt(int intno, void *dev_id)
 }				/* ergo_interrupt */
 
 /******************************************************************************/
-/* ergo_irq_bh is the function called by the immediate kernel task list after */
-/* being activated with queue_task and no interrupts active. This task is the */
-/* only one handling data transfer from or to the card after booting. The task */
-/* may be queued from everywhere (interrupts included).                       */
+/* ergo_irq_bh will be called as part of the kernel clearing its shared work  */
+/* queue sometime after a call to schedule_work has been made passing our     */
+/* work_struct. This task is the only one handling data transfer from or to   */
+/* the card after booting. The task may be queued from everywhere             */
+/* (interrupts included).                                                     */
 /******************************************************************************/
 static void
 ergo_irq_bh(struct work_struct *ugli_api)
@@ -90,7 +91,6 @@ ergo_irq_bh(struct work_struct *ugli_api)
 	card->hw_lock = 1;	/* we now lock the hardware */
 
 	do {
-		sti();		/* reenable other ints */
 		again = 0;	/* assume loop not to be repeated */
 
 		if (!dpr->ToHyFlag) {
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ ergo_irq_bh(struct work_struct *ugli_api)
 				again = 1;	/* restart loop */
 			}
 		}		/* a message has arrived for us */
-		cli();		/* no further ints */
 		if (again) {
 			dpr->ToHyInt = 1;
 			dpr->ToPcInt = 1;	/* interrupt to E1 for all cards */
@@ -242,7 +241,6 @@ ergo_writebootimg(struct HYSDN_CARD *card, unsigned char *buf,
 		byteout(card->iobase + PCI9050_USER_IO, PCI9050_E1_RUN);	/* start E1 processor */
 		/* the interrupts are still masked */
 
-		sti();
 		msleep_interruptible(20);		/* Timeout 20ms */
 
 		if (((tDpramBootSpooler *) card->dpram)->Len != DPRAM_SPOOLER_DATA_SIZE) {
@@ -276,7 +274,6 @@ ergo_writebootseq(struct HYSDN_CARD *card, unsigned char *buf, int len)
 	dst = sp->Data;		/* point to data in spool structure */
 	buflen = sp->Len;	/* maximum len of spooled data */
 	wr_mirror = sp->WrPtr;	/* only once read */
-	sti();
 
 	/* try until all bytes written or error */
 	i = 0x1000;		/* timeout value */
@@ -380,7 +377,6 @@ ergo_waitpofready(struct HYSDN_CARD *card)
 #endif /* CONFIG_HYSDN_CAPI */
 			return (0);	/* success */
 		}		/* data has arrived */
-		sti();
 		msleep_interruptible(50);		/* Timeout 50ms */
 	}			/* wait until timeout */