int cnt = 0;
        int recv_room;
        int max = 256;
-       unsigned long flags;
-
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&port->slock, flags);
 
        recv_room = tty->receive_room;
        if ((recv_room == 0) && (!port->ldisc_stop_rx))
        mxvar_log.rxcnt[port->tty->index] += cnt;
        port->mon_data.rxcnt += cnt;
        port->mon_data.up_rxcnt += cnt;
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->slock, flags);
 
        tty_flip_buffer_push(tty);
 }
 static void mxser_transmit_chars(struct mxser_port *port)
 {
        int count, cnt;
-       unsigned long flags;
-
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&port->slock, flags);
 
        if (port->x_char) {
                outb(port->x_char, port->ioaddr + UART_TX);
                port->mon_data.txcnt++;
                port->mon_data.up_txcnt++;
                port->icount.tx++;
-               goto unlock;
+               return;
        }
 
        if (port->xmit_buf == 0)
-               goto unlock;
+               return;
 
        if ((port->xmit_cnt <= 0) || port->tty->stopped ||
                        (port->tty->hw_stopped &&
                        (!port->board->chip_flag))) {
                port->IER &= ~UART_IER_THRI;
                outb(port->IER, port->ioaddr + UART_IER);
-               goto unlock;
+               return;
        }
 
        cnt = port->xmit_cnt;
                port->IER &= ~UART_IER_THRI;
                outb(port->IER, port->ioaddr + UART_IER);
        }
-unlock:
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->slock, flags);
 }
 
 /*
                        port = &brd->ports[i];
 
                        int_cnt = 0;
+                       spin_lock(&port->slock);
                        do {
                                iir = inb(port->ioaddr + UART_IIR);
                                if (iir & UART_IIR_NO_INT)
                                        break;
                                iir &= MOXA_MUST_IIR_MASK;
-                               if (!port->tty) {
+                               if (!port->tty ||
+                                               (port->flags & ASYNC_CLOSING) ||
+                                               !(port->flags &
+                                                       ASYNC_INITIALIZED)) {
                                        status = inb(port->ioaddr + UART_LSR);
                                        outb(0x27, port->ioaddr + UART_FCR);
                                        inb(port->ioaddr + UART_MSR);
                                                mxser_transmit_chars(port);
                                }
                        } while (int_cnt++ < MXSER_ISR_PASS_LIMIT);
+                       spin_unlock(&port->slock);
                }
                if (pass_counter++ > MXSER_ISR_PASS_LIMIT)
                        break;  /* Prevent infinite loops */