diff --git a/drivers/net/fec_mpc52xx.c b/drivers/net/fec_mpc52xx.c
index e9f5d03..50c1213 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fec_mpc52xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fec_mpc52xx.c
@@ -366,9 +366,8 @@
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = dev_id;
 	struct mpc52xx_fec_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
-	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
+	spin_lock(&priv->lock);
 	while (bcom_buffer_done(priv->tx_dmatsk)) {
 		struct sk_buff *skb;
 		struct bcom_fec_bd *bd;
@@ -379,7 +378,7 @@
 
 		dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
 
 	netif_wake_queue(dev);
 
@@ -395,9 +394,8 @@
 	struct bcom_fec_bd *bd;
 	u32 status, physaddr;
 	int length;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
+	spin_lock(&priv->lock);
 
 	while (bcom_buffer_done(priv->rx_dmatsk)) {
 
@@ -429,7 +427,7 @@
 
 		/* Process the received skb - Drop the spin lock while
 		 * calling into the network stack */
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
+		spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
 
 		dma_unmap_single(dev->dev.parent, physaddr, rskb->len,
 				 DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
@@ -438,10 +436,10 @@
 		rskb->protocol = eth_type_trans(rskb, dev);
 		netif_rx(rskb);
 
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
+		spin_lock(&priv->lock);
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
@@ -452,7 +450,6 @@
 	struct mpc52xx_fec_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct mpc52xx_fec __iomem *fec = priv->fec;
 	u32 ievent;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	ievent = in_be32(&fec->ievent);
 
@@ -470,9 +467,9 @@
 		if (net_ratelimit() && (ievent & FEC_IEVENT_XFIFO_ERROR))
 			dev_warn(&dev->dev, "FEC_IEVENT_XFIFO_ERROR\n");
 
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
+		spin_lock(&priv->lock);
 		mpc52xx_fec_reset(dev);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
+		spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
 
 		return IRQ_HANDLED;
 	}