const u64 *handle;
        struct ib_pd *ibpd;
        int ret, i, eq_size;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
        handle = of_get_property(dev->node, "ibm,hca-handle", NULL);
        if (!handle) {
                ehca_err(&shca->ib_device,
                         "Cannot create device attributes  ret=%d", ret);
 
-       spin_lock(&shca_list_lock);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&shca_list_lock, flags);
        list_add(&shca->shca_list, &shca_list);
-       spin_unlock(&shca_list_lock);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&shca_list_lock, flags);
 
        return 0;
 
 static int __devexit ehca_remove(struct of_device *dev)
 {
        struct ehca_shca *shca = dev->dev.driver_data;
+       unsigned long flags;
        int ret;
 
        sysfs_remove_group(&dev->dev.kobj, &ehca_dev_attr_grp);
 
        ib_dealloc_device(&shca->ib_device);
 
-       spin_lock(&shca_list_lock);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&shca_list_lock, flags);
        list_del(&shca->shca_list);
-       spin_unlock(&shca_list_lock);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&shca_list_lock, flags);
 
        return ret;
 }
                             unsigned long action, void *data)
 {
        static unsigned long ehca_dmem_warn_time;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
        switch (action) {
        case MEM_CANCEL_OFFLINE:
        case MEM_GOING_ONLINE:
        case MEM_GOING_OFFLINE:
                /* only ok if no hca is attached to the lpar */
-               spin_lock(&shca_list_lock);
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&shca_list_lock, flags);
                if (list_empty(&shca_list)) {
-                       spin_unlock(&shca_list_lock);
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&shca_list_lock, flags);
                        return NOTIFY_OK;
                } else {
-                       spin_unlock(&shca_list_lock);
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&shca_list_lock, flags);
                        if (printk_timed_ratelimit(&ehca_dmem_warn_time,
                                                   30 * 1000))
                                ehca_gen_err("DMEM operations are not allowed"