diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_sup.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_sup.c
index 1728ab3ccb201f19677885d488d8b12726cf094d..ebea62246c803e9682fcfcd4ba2c7d2571bb0d43 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_sup.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_sup.c
@@ -869,11 +869,9 @@ qla24xx_write_nvram_data(scsi_qla_host_t *ha, uint8_t *buf, uint32_t naddr,
 	uint32_t i;
 	uint32_t *dwptr;
 	struct device_reg_24xx __iomem *reg = &ha->iobase->isp24;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	ret = QLA_SUCCESS;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
 	/* Enable flash write. */
 	WRT_REG_DWORD(&reg->ctrl_status,
 	    RD_REG_DWORD(&reg->ctrl_status) | CSRX_FLASH_ENABLE);
@@ -907,7 +905,6 @@ qla24xx_write_nvram_data(scsi_qla_host_t *ha, uint8_t *buf, uint32_t naddr,
 	WRT_REG_DWORD(&reg->ctrl_status,
 	    RD_REG_DWORD(&reg->ctrl_status) & ~CSRX_FLASH_ENABLE);
 	RD_REG_DWORD(&reg->ctrl_status);	/* PCI Posting. */
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
 
 	return ret;
 }