diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
index 2c87a797213f4e94305be2846bd9a7caa5765d51..386e45dbeff1f6fcb89680726ddc6693bf03234b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
@@ -1326,13 +1326,12 @@ void i915_error_state_get(struct drm_device *dev,
 			  struct i915_error_state_file_priv *error_priv)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_priv->gpu_error.lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irq(&dev_priv->gpu_error.lock);
 	error_priv->error = dev_priv->gpu_error.first_error;
 	if (error_priv->error)
 		kref_get(&error_priv->error->ref);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_priv->gpu_error.lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&dev_priv->gpu_error.lock);
 
 }
 
@@ -1346,12 +1345,11 @@ void i915_destroy_error_state(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct drm_i915_error_state *error;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_priv->gpu_error.lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irq(&dev_priv->gpu_error.lock);
 	error = dev_priv->gpu_error.first_error;
 	dev_priv->gpu_error.first_error = NULL;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_priv->gpu_error.lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&dev_priv->gpu_error.lock);
 
 	if (error)
 		kref_put(&error->ref, i915_error_state_free);