diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_main.c
index bec7e0249358f6cb876729d9070c51d94f6e29e7..3b77b674cbf61a4caba20fc0fb42daa49f55eda9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_main.c
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ static int __devinit ehca_probe(struct of_device *dev,
 	const u64 *handle;
 	struct ib_pd *ibpd;
 	int ret, i, eq_size;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	handle = of_get_property(dev->node, "ibm,hca-handle", NULL);
 	if (!handle) {
@@ -830,9 +831,9 @@ static int __devinit ehca_probe(struct of_device *dev,
 		ehca_err(&shca->ib_device,
 			 "Cannot create device attributes  ret=%d", ret);
 
-	spin_lock(&shca_list_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&shca_list_lock, flags);
 	list_add(&shca->shca_list, &shca_list);
-	spin_unlock(&shca_list_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&shca_list_lock, flags);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -878,6 +879,7 @@ static int __devinit ehca_probe(struct of_device *dev,
 static int __devexit ehca_remove(struct of_device *dev)
 {
 	struct ehca_shca *shca = dev->dev.driver_data;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
 	sysfs_remove_group(&dev->dev.kobj, &ehca_dev_attr_grp);
@@ -915,9 +917,9 @@ static int __devexit ehca_remove(struct of_device *dev)
 
 	ib_dealloc_device(&shca->ib_device);
 
-	spin_lock(&shca_list_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&shca_list_lock, flags);
 	list_del(&shca->shca_list);
-	spin_unlock(&shca_list_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&shca_list_lock, flags);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -975,6 +977,7 @@ static int ehca_mem_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 			     unsigned long action, void *data)
 {
 	static unsigned long ehca_dmem_warn_time;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	switch (action) {
 	case MEM_CANCEL_OFFLINE:
@@ -985,12 +988,12 @@ static int ehca_mem_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 	case MEM_GOING_ONLINE:
 	case MEM_GOING_OFFLINE:
 		/* only ok if no hca is attached to the lpar */
-		spin_lock(&shca_list_lock);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&shca_list_lock, flags);
 		if (list_empty(&shca_list)) {
-			spin_unlock(&shca_list_lock);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&shca_list_lock, flags);
 			return NOTIFY_OK;
 		} else {
-			spin_unlock(&shca_list_lock);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&shca_list_lock, flags);
 			if (printk_timed_ratelimit(&ehca_dmem_warn_time,
 						   30 * 1000))
 				ehca_gen_err("DMEM operations are not allowed"