diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 0c70a8ed2a985ed3f2d807b1f73fababca00f8e5..2e54fdc14e51f85a5977f6cb23539f6d889c6723 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -799,9 +799,10 @@ void send_sigio(struct fown_struct *fown, int fd, int band)
 {
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	enum pid_type type;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	struct pid *pid;
 	
-	read_lock(&fown->lock);
+	read_lock_irqsave(&fown->lock, flags);
 
 	type = fown->pid_type;
 	pid = fown->pid;
@@ -822,7 +823,7 @@ void send_sigio(struct fown_struct *fown, int fd, int band)
 		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 	}
  out_unlock_fown:
-	read_unlock(&fown->lock);
+	read_unlock_irqrestore(&fown->lock, flags);
 }
 
 static void send_sigurg_to_task(struct task_struct *p,
@@ -837,9 +838,10 @@ int send_sigurg(struct fown_struct *fown)
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	enum pid_type type;
 	struct pid *pid;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret = 0;
 	
-	read_lock(&fown->lock);
+	read_lock_irqsave(&fown->lock, flags);
 
 	type = fown->pid_type;
 	pid = fown->pid;
@@ -862,7 +864,7 @@ int send_sigurg(struct fown_struct *fown)
 		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 	}
  out_unlock_fown:
-	read_unlock(&fown->lock);
+	read_unlock_irqrestore(&fown->lock, flags);
 	return ret;
 }