1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/8139too.c b/drivers/net/8139too.c
index cd9718512d1c..e4f4eaff7679 100644
--- a/drivers/net/8139too.c
+++ b/drivers/net/8139too.c
@@ -1709,6 +1709,7 @@ static int rtl8139_start_xmit (struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
         void __iomem *ioaddr = tp->mmio_addr;
         unsigned int entry;
         unsigned int len = skb->len;
+        unsigned long flags;
 
         /* Calculate the next Tx descriptor entry. */
         entry = tp->cur_tx % NUM_TX_DESC;
@@ -1725,7 +1726,7 @@ static int rtl8139_start_xmit (struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
                 return 0;
         }
 
-        spin_lock_irq(&tp->lock);
+        spin_lock_irqsave(&tp->lock, flags);
         RTL_W32_F (TxStatus0 + (entry * sizeof (u32)),
                    tp->tx_flag | max(len, (unsigned int)ETH_ZLEN));
 
@@ -1736,7 +1737,7 @@ static int rtl8139_start_xmit (struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
         if ((tp->cur_tx - NUM_TX_DESC) == tp->dirty_tx)
                 netif_stop_queue (dev);
-        spin_unlock_irq(&tp->lock);
+        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tp->lock, flags);
 
         if (netif_msg_tx_queued(tp))
                 printk (KERN_DEBUG "%s: Queued Tx packet size %u to slot %d.\n",