1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/b44.c b/drivers/net/b44.c
index bee510177a3f..951735c9ec0b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/b44.c
+++ b/drivers/net/b44.c
@@ -952,9 +952,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t b44_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
         int rc = NETDEV_TX_OK;
         dma_addr_t mapping;
         u32 len, entry, ctrl;
+        unsigned long flags;
 
         len = skb->len;
-        spin_lock_irq(&bp->lock);
+        spin_lock_irqsave(&bp->lock, flags);
 
         /* This is a hard error, log it. */
         if (unlikely(TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(bp) < 1)) {
@@ -1027,7 +1028,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t b44_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
         dev->trans_start = jiffies;
 
 out_unlock:
-        spin_unlock_irq(&bp->lock);
+        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bp->lock, flags);
 
         return rc;