diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu.c
index fcfdce70707db4d497f8b54fab1cda39d9afd1d9..a87d2fee68db42a46d5ebe1ce57c6e08bf3f3eaa 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 
 static DEFINE_RWLOCK(amd_iommu_devtable_lock);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pd_bitmap_lock);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(iommu_table_lock);
 
 /* List of all available dev_data structures */
 static LLIST_HEAD(dev_data_list);
@@ -3623,7 +3624,7 @@ static struct irq_remap_table *alloc_irq_table(u16 devid, bool ioapic)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	u16 alias;
 
-	write_lock_irqsave(&amd_iommu_devtable_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&iommu_table_lock, flags);
 
 	iommu = amd_iommu_rlookup_table[devid];
 	if (!iommu)
@@ -3688,7 +3689,7 @@ static struct irq_remap_table *alloc_irq_table(u16 devid, bool ioapic)
 	iommu_completion_wait(iommu);
 
 out_unlock:
-	write_unlock_irqrestore(&amd_iommu_devtable_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iommu_table_lock, flags);
 
 	return table;
 }