port->disc.max_level = 0;
 
        dev->rphy = rphy;
-       spin_lock(&port->dev_list_lock);
+       spin_lock_irq(&port->dev_list_lock);
        list_add_tail(&dev->dev_list_node, &port->dev_list);
-       spin_unlock(&port->dev_list_lock);
+       spin_unlock_irq(&port->dev_list_lock);
 
        return 0;
 }
                sas_rphy_free(dev->rphy);
                dev->rphy = NULL;
 
-               spin_lock(&port->dev_list_lock);
+               spin_lock_irq(&port->dev_list_lock);
                list_del_init(&dev->dev_list_node);
-               spin_unlock(&port->dev_list_lock);
+               spin_unlock_irq(&port->dev_list_lock);
 
                kfree(dev); /* not kobject_register-ed yet */
                port->port_dev = NULL;
 
 
                child->rphy = rphy;
 
-               spin_lock(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
+               spin_lock_irq(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
                list_add_tail(&child->dev_list_node, &parent->port->dev_list);
-               spin_unlock(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
+               spin_unlock_irq(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
 
                res = sas_discover_sata(child);
                if (res) {
                child->rphy = rphy;
                sas_fill_in_rphy(child, rphy);
 
-               spin_lock(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
+               spin_lock_irq(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
                list_add_tail(&child->dev_list_node, &parent->port->dev_list);
-               spin_unlock(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
+               spin_unlock_irq(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
 
                res = sas_discover_end_dev(child);
                if (res) {
        sas_fill_in_rphy(child, rphy);
        sas_rphy_add(rphy);
 
-       spin_lock(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
+       spin_lock_irq(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
        list_add_tail(&child->dev_list_node, &parent->port->dev_list);
-       spin_unlock(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
+       spin_unlock_irq(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
 
        res = sas_discover_expander(child);
        if (res) {