diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
index f8f55184f542bff499edb1f49bb6ace0f1da55e2..c3c7ab6fe6e19fa732e8f2558c85e809e4b097ea 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
@@ -4859,19 +4859,10 @@ qla2x00_configure_loop(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 			 */
 			if (qla_tgt_mode_enabled(vha) ||
 			    qla_dual_mode_enabled(vha)) {
-				if (IS_QLA27XX(ha) || IS_QLA83XX(ha)) {
-					spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->tgt.atio_lock,
-					    flags);
-					qlt_24xx_process_atio_queue(vha, 0);
-					spin_unlock_irqrestore(
-					    &ha->tgt.atio_lock, flags);
-				} else {
-					spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->hardware_lock,
-					    flags);
-					qlt_24xx_process_atio_queue(vha, 1);
-					spin_unlock_irqrestore(
-					    &ha->hardware_lock, flags);
-				}
+				spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->tgt.atio_lock, flags);
+				qlt_24xx_process_atio_queue(vha, 0);
+				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->tgt.atio_lock,
+				    flags);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
index 36cbb29c84f63977063414f5082165e196fc2142..bc97e3a1bef7ec8ac8ac57a5f1ffdd2932fd17c6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
@@ -3121,6 +3121,7 @@ qla24xx_intr_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	uint16_t	mb[8];
 	struct rsp_que *rsp;
 	unsigned long	flags;
+	bool process_atio = false;
 
 	rsp = (struct rsp_que *) dev_id;
 	if (!rsp) {
@@ -3181,22 +3182,13 @@ qla24xx_intr_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 			qla24xx_process_response_queue(vha, rsp);
 			break;
 		case INTR_ATIO_QUE_UPDATE_27XX:
-		case INTR_ATIO_QUE_UPDATE:{
-			unsigned long flags2;
-			spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->tgt.atio_lock, flags2);
-			qlt_24xx_process_atio_queue(vha, 1);
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->tgt.atio_lock, flags2);
+		case INTR_ATIO_QUE_UPDATE:
+			process_atio = true;
 			break;
-		}
-		case INTR_ATIO_RSP_QUE_UPDATE: {
-			unsigned long flags2;
-			spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->tgt.atio_lock, flags2);
-			qlt_24xx_process_atio_queue(vha, 1);
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->tgt.atio_lock, flags2);
-
+		case INTR_ATIO_RSP_QUE_UPDATE:
+			process_atio = true;
 			qla24xx_process_response_queue(vha, rsp);
 			break;
-		}
 		default:
 			ql_dbg(ql_dbg_async, vha, 0x504f,
 			    "Unrecognized interrupt type (%d).\n", stat * 0xff);
@@ -3210,6 +3202,12 @@ qla24xx_intr_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	qla2x00_handle_mbx_completion(ha, status);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
 
+	if (process_atio) {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->tgt.atio_lock, flags);
+		qlt_24xx_process_atio_queue(vha, 0);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->tgt.atio_lock, flags);
+	}
+
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
@@ -3256,6 +3254,7 @@ qla24xx_msix_default(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	uint32_t	hccr;
 	uint16_t	mb[8];
 	unsigned long flags;
+	bool process_atio = false;
 
 	rsp = (struct rsp_que *) dev_id;
 	if (!rsp) {
@@ -3312,22 +3311,13 @@ qla24xx_msix_default(int irq, void *dev_id)
 			qla24xx_process_response_queue(vha, rsp);
 			break;
 		case INTR_ATIO_QUE_UPDATE_27XX:
-		case INTR_ATIO_QUE_UPDATE:{
-			unsigned long flags2;
-			spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->tgt.atio_lock, flags2);
-			qlt_24xx_process_atio_queue(vha, 1);
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->tgt.atio_lock, flags2);
+		case INTR_ATIO_QUE_UPDATE:
+			process_atio = true;
 			break;
-		}
-		case INTR_ATIO_RSP_QUE_UPDATE: {
-			unsigned long flags2;
-			spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->tgt.atio_lock, flags2);
-			qlt_24xx_process_atio_queue(vha, 1);
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->tgt.atio_lock, flags2);
-
+		case INTR_ATIO_RSP_QUE_UPDATE:
+			process_atio = true;
 			qla24xx_process_response_queue(vha, rsp);
 			break;
-		}
 		default:
 			ql_dbg(ql_dbg_async, vha, 0x5051,
 			    "Unrecognized interrupt type (%d).\n", stat & 0xff);
@@ -3338,6 +3328,12 @@ qla24xx_msix_default(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	qla2x00_handle_mbx_completion(ha, status);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
 
+	if (process_atio) {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->tgt.atio_lock, flags);
+		qlt_24xx_process_atio_queue(vha, 0);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->tgt.atio_lock, flags);
+	}
+
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }