diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/symbolserial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/symbolserial.c
index cd2f8dc8b58c..6ca24e86f686 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/symbolserial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/symbolserial.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ static void symbol_int_callback(struct urb *urb)
 	struct symbol_private *priv = usb_get_serial_port_data(port);
 	unsigned char *data = urb->transfer_buffer;
 	int status = urb->status;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	int result;
 	int data_length;
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ static void symbol_int_callback(struct urb *urb)
 	}
 
 exit:
-	spin_lock(&priv->lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
 
 	/* Continue trying to always read if we should */
 	if (!priv->throttled) {
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ exit:
 							__func__, result);
 	} else
 		priv->actually_throttled = true;
-	spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
 }
 
 static int symbol_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct usb_serial_port *port)