u8 __iomem *base = get_hwbase(dev);
        u32 events;
        int i;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
        dprintk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: nv_nic_irq_tx\n", dev->name);
 
                if (!(events & np->irqmask))
                        break;
 
-               spin_lock_irq(&np->lock);
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
                nv_tx_done(dev);
-               spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock);
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
 
                if (events & (NVREG_IRQ_TX_ERR)) {
                        dprintk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: received irq with events 0x%x. Probably TX fail.\n",
                                                dev->name, events);
                }
                if (i > max_interrupt_work) {
-                       spin_lock_irq(&np->lock);
+                       spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
                        /* disable interrupts on the nic */
                        writel(NVREG_IRQ_TX_ALL, base + NvRegIrqMask);
                        pci_push(base);
                                mod_timer(&np->nic_poll, jiffies + POLL_WAIT);
                        }
                        printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: too many iterations (%d) in nv_nic_irq_tx.\n", dev->name, i);
-                       spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock);
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
                        break;
                }
 
        u8 __iomem *base = get_hwbase(dev);
        u32 events;
        int i;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
        dprintk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: nv_nic_irq_rx\n", dev->name);
 
 
                nv_rx_process(dev, dev->weight);
                if (nv_alloc_rx(dev)) {
-                       spin_lock_irq(&np->lock);
+                       spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
                        if (!np->in_shutdown)
                                mod_timer(&np->oom_kick, jiffies + OOM_REFILL);
-                       spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock);
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
                }
 
                if (i > max_interrupt_work) {
-                       spin_lock_irq(&np->lock);
+                       spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
                        /* disable interrupts on the nic */
                        writel(NVREG_IRQ_RX_ALL, base + NvRegIrqMask);
                        pci_push(base);
                                mod_timer(&np->nic_poll, jiffies + POLL_WAIT);
                        }
                        printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: too many iterations (%d) in nv_nic_irq_rx.\n", dev->name, i);
-                       spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock);
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
                        break;
                }
        }
        u8 __iomem *base = get_hwbase(dev);
        u32 events;
        int i;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
        dprintk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: nv_nic_irq_other\n", dev->name);
 
                        break;
 
                if (events & NVREG_IRQ_LINK) {
-                       spin_lock_irq(&np->lock);
+                       spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
                        nv_link_irq(dev);
-                       spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock);
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
                }
                if (np->need_linktimer && time_after(jiffies, np->link_timeout)) {
-                       spin_lock_irq(&np->lock);
+                       spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
                        nv_linkchange(dev);
-                       spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock);
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
                        np->link_timeout = jiffies + LINK_TIMEOUT;
                }
                if (events & (NVREG_IRQ_UNKNOWN)) {
                                                dev->name, events);
                }
                if (i > max_interrupt_work) {
-                       spin_lock_irq(&np->lock);
+                       spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
                        /* disable interrupts on the nic */
                        writel(NVREG_IRQ_OTHER, base + NvRegIrqMask);
                        pci_push(base);
                                mod_timer(&np->nic_poll, jiffies + POLL_WAIT);
                        }
                        printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: too many iterations (%d) in nv_nic_irq_other.\n", dev->name, i);
-                       spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock);
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
                        break;
                }