#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <sound/pcm.h>
-#include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include "pcsp.h"
 
 
 #define DMIX_WANTS_S16 1
 
-static void pcsp_start_timer(unsigned long dummy)
-{
-       hrtimer_start(&pcsp_chip.timer, ktime_set(0, 0), HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
-}
-
-/*
- * We need the hrtimer_start as a tasklet to avoid
- * the nasty locking problem. :(
- * The problem:
- * - The timer handler is called with the cpu_base->lock
- *   already held by hrtimer code.
- * - snd_pcm_period_elapsed() takes the
- *   substream->self_group.lock.
- * So far so good.
- * But the snd_pcsp_trigger() is called with the
- * substream->self_group.lock held, and it calls
- * hrtimer_start(), which takes the cpu_base->lock.
- * You see the problem. We have the code pathes
- * which take two locks in a reverse order. This
- * can deadlock and the lock validator complains.
- * The only solution I could find was to move the
- * hrtimer_start() into a tasklet. -stsp
- */
-static DECLARE_TASKLET(pcsp_start_timer_tasklet, pcsp_start_timer, 0);
-
 enum hrtimer_restart pcsp_do_timer(struct hrtimer *handle)
 {
-       unsigned long flags;
        unsigned char timer_cnt, val;
        int fmt_size, periods_elapsed;
        u64 ns;
                return HRTIMER_RESTART;
        }
 
-       /* hrtimer calls us from both hardirq and softirq contexts,
-        * so irqsave :( */
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&chip->substream_lock, flags);
+       spin_lock_irq(&chip->substream_lock);
        /* Takashi Iwai says regarding this extra lock:
 
        If the irq handler handles some data on the DMA buffer, it should
                chip->period_ptr %= buffer_bytes;
        }
 
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chip->substream_lock, flags);
+       spin_unlock_irq(&chip->substream_lock);
 
        if (!atomic_read(&chip->timer_active))
                return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
 exit_nr_unlock2:
        snd_pcm_stream_unlock(substream);
 exit_nr_unlock1:
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chip->substream_lock, flags);
+       spin_unlock_irq(&chip->substream_lock);
        return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
 }
 
        atomic_set(&chip->timer_active, 1);
        chip->thalf = 0;
 
-       tasklet_schedule(&pcsp_start_timer_tasklet);
+       hrtimer_start(&pcsp_chip.timer, ktime_set(0, 0), HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
 }
 
 static void pcsp_stop_playing(struct snd_pcsp *chip)