1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixp2000/ixpdev.c b/drivers/net/ixp2000/ixpdev.c
index 2a0174b62e96..92fb8235c766 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixp2000/ixpdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixp2000/ixpdev.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ static int ixpdev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
         struct ixpdev_priv *ip = netdev_priv(dev);
         struct ixpdev_tx_desc *desc;
         int entry;
+        unsigned long flags;
 
         if (unlikely(skb->len > PAGE_SIZE)) {
                 /* @@@ Count drops.  */
@@ -63,11 +64,11 @@ static int ixpdev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
         dev->trans_start = jiffies;
 
-        local_irq_disable();
+        local_irq_save(flags);
         ip->tx_queue_entries++;
         if (ip->tx_queue_entries == TX_BUF_COUNT_PER_CHAN)
                 netif_stop_queue(dev);
-        local_irq_enable();
+        local_irq_restore(flags);
 
         return 0;
 }