diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
index 8b7c5129c7e186fc5da0b924f79654b44348b1a9..67edc2e15b825cf0d7dc238802f57ee4db3b7485 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
@@ -3775,7 +3775,7 @@ static irqreturn_t nv_nic_irq_other(int foo, void *data)
 			np->link_timeout = jiffies + LINK_TIMEOUT;
 		}
 		if (events & NVREG_IRQ_RECOVER_ERROR) {
-			spin_lock_irq(&np->lock);
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
 			/* disable interrupts on the nic */
 			writel(NVREG_IRQ_OTHER, base + NvRegIrqMask);
 			pci_push(base);
@@ -3785,7 +3785,7 @@ static irqreturn_t nv_nic_irq_other(int foo, void *data)
 				np->recover_error = 1;
 				mod_timer(&np->nic_poll, jiffies + POLL_WAIT);
 			}
-			spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
 			break;
 		}
 		if (unlikely(i > max_interrupt_work)) {