u64 val64;
        unsigned long t0, t1;
        u64 ret;
-       unsigned long flags;
 
        t0 = jiffies;
        /* If fast increment counters are only 32 bits, snapshot them,
        if (creg == dd->ipath_cregs->cr_wordsendcnt) {
                if (val != dd->ipath_lastsword) {
                        dd->ipath_sword += val - dd->ipath_lastsword;
-                       spin_lock_irqsave(&dd->ipath_eep_st_lock, flags);
-                       dd->ipath_traffic_wds += val - dd->ipath_lastsword;
-                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dd->ipath_eep_st_lock, flags);
                        dd->ipath_lastsword = val;
                }
                val64 = dd->ipath_sword;
        } else if (creg == dd->ipath_cregs->cr_wordrcvcnt) {
                if (val != dd->ipath_lastrword) {
                        dd->ipath_rword += val - dd->ipath_lastrword;
-                       spin_lock_irqsave(&dd->ipath_eep_st_lock, flags);
-                       dd->ipath_traffic_wds += val - dd->ipath_lastrword;
-                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dd->ipath_eep_st_lock, flags);
                        dd->ipath_lastrword = val;
                }
                val64 = dd->ipath_rword;
        u32 val;
        static unsigned cnt;
        unsigned long flags;
+       u64 traffic_wds;
 
        /*
         * don't access the chip while running diags, or memory diags can
         * exceeding a threshold, so we need to check the word-counts
         * even if they are 64-bit.
         */
-       ipath_snap_cntr(dd, dd->ipath_cregs->cr_wordsendcnt);
-       ipath_snap_cntr(dd, dd->ipath_cregs->cr_wordrcvcnt);
+       traffic_wds = ipath_snap_cntr(dd, dd->ipath_cregs->cr_wordsendcnt) +
+               ipath_snap_cntr(dd, dd->ipath_cregs->cr_wordrcvcnt);
        spin_lock_irqsave(&dd->ipath_eep_st_lock, flags);
-       if (dd->ipath_traffic_wds  >= IPATH_TRAFFIC_ACTIVE_THRESHOLD)
+       traffic_wds -= dd->ipath_traffic_wds;
+       dd->ipath_traffic_wds += traffic_wds;
+       if (traffic_wds  >= IPATH_TRAFFIC_ACTIVE_THRESHOLD)
                atomic_add(5, &dd->ipath_active_time); /* S/B #define */
-       dd->ipath_traffic_wds = 0;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dd->ipath_eep_st_lock, flags);
 
        if (dd->ipath_flags & IPATH_32BITCOUNTERS) {