diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
index 0c5992f0d9469cd1c34f63ef22296aa7519498e8..00159a4e781f4511000050246f454a1251882597 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
@@ -320,11 +320,12 @@ int core_free_device_list_for_node(
 void core_dec_lacl_count(struct se_node_acl *se_nacl, struct se_cmd *se_cmd)
 {
 	struct se_dev_entry *deve;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&se_nacl->device_list_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&se_nacl->device_list_lock, flags);
 	deve = &se_nacl->device_list[se_cmd->orig_fe_lun];
 	deve->deve_cmds--;
-	spin_unlock_irq(&se_nacl->device_list_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_nacl->device_list_lock, flags);
 }
 
 void core_update_device_list_access(