1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.c b/drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.c
index 6e67b42ca46..8543cb26cf3 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ ssize_t oprofilefs_ulong_to_user(unsigned long val, char __user * buf, size_t co
 int oprofilefs_ulong_from_user(unsigned long * val, char const __user * buf, size_t count)
 {
         char tmpbuf[TMPBUFSIZE];
+        unsigned long flags;
 
         if (!count)
                 return 0;
@@ -77,9 +78,9 @@ int oprofilefs_ulong_from_user(unsigned long * val, char const __user * buf, siz
         if (copy_from_user(tmpbuf, buf, count))
                 return -EFAULT;
 
-        spin_lock(&oprofilefs_lock);
+        spin_lock_irqsave(&oprofilefs_lock, flags);
         *val = simple_strtoul(tmpbuf, NULL, 0);
-        spin_unlock(&oprofilefs_lock);
+        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&oprofilefs_lock, flags);
         return 0;
 }