BUG_ON(!q->ops->buf_queue);
        BUG_ON(!q->ops->buf_release);
 
+       /* Lock is mandatory for queue_cancel to work */
+       BUG_ON(!irqlock);
+
        /* Having implementations for abstract methods are mandatory */
        BUG_ON(!q->int_ops);
 
        wake_up_interruptible_sync(&q->wait);
 
        /* remove queued buffers from list */
-       if (q->irqlock)
-               spin_lock_irqsave(q->irqlock, flags);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(q->irqlock, flags);
        for (i = 0; i < VIDEO_MAX_FRAME; i++) {
                if (NULL == q->bufs[i])
                        continue;
                        wake_up_all(&q->bufs[i]->done);
                }
        }
-       if (q->irqlock)
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->irqlock, flags);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->irqlock, flags);
 
        /* free all buffers + clear queue */
        for (i = 0; i < VIDEO_MAX_FRAME; i++) {
 
        list_add_tail(&buf->stream, &q->stream);
        if (q->streaming) {
-               if (q->irqlock)
-                       spin_lock_irqsave(q->irqlock, flags);
+               spin_lock_irqsave(q->irqlock, flags);
                q->ops->buf_queue(q, buf);
-               if (q->irqlock)
-                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->irqlock, flags);
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->irqlock, flags);
        }
        dprintk(1, "qbuf: succeded\n");
        retval = 0;
        if (q->streaming)
                goto done;
        q->streaming = 1;
-       if (q->irqlock)
-               spin_lock_irqsave(q->irqlock, flags);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(q->irqlock, flags);
        list_for_each_entry(buf, &q->stream, stream)
                if (buf->state == VIDEOBUF_PREPARED)
                        q->ops->buf_queue(q, buf);
-       if (q->irqlock)
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->irqlock, flags);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->irqlock, flags);
 
        wake_up_interruptible_sync(&q->wait);
  done:
                goto done;
 
        /* start capture & wait */
-       if (q->irqlock)
-               spin_lock_irqsave(q->irqlock, flags);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(q->irqlock, flags);
        q->ops->buf_queue(q, q->read_buf);
-       if (q->irqlock)
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->irqlock, flags);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->irqlock, flags);
        retval = videobuf_waiton(q->read_buf, 0, 0);
        if (0 == retval) {
                CALL(q, sync, q, q->read_buf);
                        q->read_buf = NULL;
                        goto done;
                }
-               if (q->irqlock)
-                       spin_lock_irqsave(q->irqlock, flags);
 
+               spin_lock_irqsave(q->irqlock, flags);
                q->ops->buf_queue(q, q->read_buf);
-               if (q->irqlock)
-                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->irqlock, flags);
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->irqlock, flags);
+
                q->read_off = 0;
        }
 
                        return err;
                list_add_tail(&q->bufs[i]->stream, &q->stream);
        }
-       if (q->irqlock)
-               spin_lock_irqsave(q->irqlock, flags);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(q->irqlock, flags);
        for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
                q->ops->buf_queue(q, q->bufs[i]);
-       if (q->irqlock)
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->irqlock, flags);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->irqlock, flags);
        q->reading = 1;
        return 0;
 }
                if (q->read_off == q->read_buf->size) {
                        list_add_tail(&q->read_buf->stream,
                                      &q->stream);
-                       if (q->irqlock)
-                               spin_lock_irqsave(q->irqlock, flags);
+                       spin_lock_irqsave(q->irqlock, flags);
                        q->ops->buf_queue(q, q->read_buf);
-                       if (q->irqlock)
-                               spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->irqlock, flags);
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->irqlock, flags);
                        q->read_buf = NULL;
                }
                if (retval < 0)