diff --git a/drivers/staging/ipack/bridges/tpci200.c b/drivers/staging/ipack/bridges/tpci200.c
index ae9f803db292be4367efa9f5ec56fc1d5255caca..2b83fa8e550a6951684b99dd727ff9f3e731e8a7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ipack/bridges/tpci200.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ipack/bridges/tpci200.c
@@ -302,13 +302,10 @@ static irqreturn_t tpci200_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	struct tpci200_board *tpci200 = (struct tpci200_board *) dev_id;
 	int i;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned short status_reg, reg_value;
 	unsigned short unhandled_ints = 0;
 	irqreturn_t ret = IRQ_NONE;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&tpci200->info->access_lock, flags);
-
 	/* Read status register */
 	status_reg = readw(tpci200->info->interface_regs +
 			   TPCI200_STATUS_REG);
@@ -351,7 +348,6 @@ static irqreturn_t tpci200_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		}
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tpci200->info->access_lock, flags);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -414,7 +410,6 @@ static int tpci200_register(struct tpci200_board *tpci200)
 					   TPCI200_MEM8_SPACE_BAR),
 			TPCI200_MEM8_SIZE);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&tpci200->info->access_lock);
 	ioidint_base = pci_resource_start(tpci200->info->pdev,
 					  TPCI200_IO_ID_INT_SPACES_BAR);
 	mem_base = pci_resource_start(tpci200->info->pdev,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/ipack/bridges/tpci200.h b/drivers/staging/ipack/bridges/tpci200.h
index 97ff0d6636b617778273679ce6a9a82e392be30e..d04510a89be4964de8af4553668b615e94845cc3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ipack/bridges/tpci200.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/ipack/bridges/tpci200.h
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ struct tpci200_slot {
  * @interface_regs	Pointer to IP interface space (Bar 2)
  * @ioidint_space	Pointer to IP ID, IO and INT space (Bar 3)
  * @mem8_space		Pointer to MEM space (Bar 4)
- * @access_lock		Mutex lock for simultaneous access
  *
  */
 struct tpci200_infos {
@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@ struct tpci200_infos {
 	void __iomem			*interface_regs;
 	void __iomem			*ioidint_space;
 	void __iomem			*mem8_space;
-	spinlock_t			access_lock;
 	struct ipack_bus_device		*ipack_bus;
 };
 struct tpci200_board {