diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
index 0c3b217247b145a9f823f9f73d1233070e87f542..5fd6c53d7b06e7d4170f5bde44ac3b3330d9f549 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
@@ -1056,12 +1056,10 @@ mwifiex_cancel_all_pending_cmd(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(cmd_node, tmp_node,
 				 &adapter->cmd_pending_q, list) {
 		list_del(&cmd_node->list);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->cmd_pending_q_lock, flags);
 
 		if (cmd_node->wait_q_enabled)
 			adapter->cmd_wait_q.status = -1;
 		mwifiex_recycle_cmd_node(adapter, cmd_node);
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->cmd_pending_q_lock, flags);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->cmd_pending_q_lock, flags);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->mwifiex_cmd_lock, cmd_flags);