diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c59x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c59x.c
index 36c8950dbd2d..cabbe227bb98 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c59x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c59x.c
@@ -765,8 +765,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t boomerang_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					struct net_device *dev);
 static int vortex_rx(struct net_device *dev);
 static int boomerang_rx(struct net_device *dev);
-static irqreturn_t vortex_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id);
-static irqreturn_t boomerang_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id);
+static irqreturn_t vortex_boomerang_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id);
+static irqreturn_t _vortex_interrupt(int irq, struct net_device *dev);
+static irqreturn_t _boomerang_interrupt(int irq, struct net_device *dev);
 static int vortex_close(struct net_device *dev);
 static void dump_tx_ring(struct net_device *dev);
 static void update_stats(void __iomem *ioaddr, struct net_device *dev);
@@ -838,11 +839,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_mmio, "3c59x: use memory-mapped PCI I/O resource (0-1)");
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
 static void poll_vortex(struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	struct vortex_private *vp = netdev_priv(dev);
-	unsigned long flags;
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-	(vp->full_bus_master_rx ? boomerang_interrupt:vortex_interrupt)(dev->irq,dev);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	vortex_boomerang_interrupt(dev->irq, dev);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -1729,8 +1726,7 @@ vortex_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	dma_addr_t dma;
 
 	/* Use the now-standard shared IRQ implementation. */
-	if ((retval = request_irq(dev->irq, vp->full_bus_master_rx ?
-				boomerang_interrupt : vortex_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED, dev->name, dev))) {
+	if ((retval = request_irq(dev->irq, vortex_boomerang_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED, dev->name, dev))) {
 		pr_err("%s: Could not reserve IRQ %d\n", dev->name, dev->irq);
 		goto err;
 	}
@@ -1905,18 +1901,7 @@ static void vortex_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
 		pr_err("%s: Interrupt posted but not delivered --"
 			   " IRQ blocked by another device?\n", dev->name);
 		/* Bad idea here.. but we might as well handle a few events. */
-		{
-			/*
-			 * Block interrupts because vortex_interrupt does a bare spin_lock()
-			 */
-			unsigned long flags;
-			local_irq_save(flags);
-			if (vp->full_bus_master_tx)
-				boomerang_interrupt(dev->irq, dev);
-			else
-				vortex_interrupt(dev->irq, dev);
-			local_irq_restore(flags);
-		}
+		vortex_boomerang_interrupt(dev->irq, dev);
 	}
 
 	if (vortex_debug > 0)
@@ -2267,9 +2252,8 @@ out_dma_err:
  */
 
 static irqreturn_t
-vortex_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
+_vortex_interrupt(int irq, struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	struct net_device *dev = dev_id;
 	struct vortex_private *vp = netdev_priv(dev);
 	void __iomem *ioaddr;
 	int status;
@@ -2278,7 +2262,6 @@ vortex_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	unsigned int bytes_compl = 0, pkts_compl = 0;
 
 	ioaddr = vp->ioaddr;
-	spin_lock(&vp->lock);
 
 	status = ioread16(ioaddr + EL3_STATUS);
 
@@ -2376,7 +2359,6 @@ vortex_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		pr_debug("%s: exiting interrupt, status %4.4x.\n",
 			   dev->name, status);
 handler_exit:
-	spin_unlock(&vp->lock);
 	return IRQ_RETVAL(handled);
 }
 
@@ -2386,9 +2368,8 @@ handler_exit:
  */
 
 static irqreturn_t
-boomerang_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
+_boomerang_interrupt(int irq, struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	struct net_device *dev = dev_id;
 	struct vortex_private *vp = netdev_priv(dev);
 	void __iomem *ioaddr;
 	int status;
@@ -2398,12 +2379,6 @@ boomerang_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 	ioaddr = vp->ioaddr;
 
-
-	/*
-	 * It seems dopey to put the spinlock this early, but we could race against vortex_tx_timeout
-	 * and boomerang_start_xmit
-	 */
-	spin_lock(&vp->lock);
 	vp->handling_irq = 1;
 
 	status = ioread16(ioaddr + EL3_STATUS);
@@ -2522,10 +2497,29 @@ boomerang_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 			   dev->name, status);
 handler_exit:
 	vp->handling_irq = 0;
-	spin_unlock(&vp->lock);
 	return IRQ_RETVAL(handled);
 }
 
+static irqreturn_t
+vortex_boomerang_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
+{
+	struct net_device *dev = dev_id;
+	struct vortex_private *vp = netdev_priv(dev);
+	unsigned long flags;
+	irqreturn_t ret;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&vp->lock, flags);
+
+	if (vp->full_bus_master_rx)
+		ret = _boomerang_interrupt(dev->irq, dev);
+	else
+		ret = _vortex_interrupt(dev->irq, dev);
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vp->lock, flags);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int vortex_rx(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct vortex_private *vp = netdev_priv(dev);
diff --git a/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h b/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h
index 07ee0f84a46c..a27604f99ed0 100644
--- a/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h
+++ b/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h
@@ -112,20 +112,6 @@ u64_stats_update_end_irqrestore(struct u64_stats_sync *syncp,
 #endif
 }
 
-static inline void u64_stats_update_begin_raw(struct u64_stats_sync *syncp)
-{
-#if BITS_PER_LONG==32 && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
-	raw_write_seqcount_begin(&syncp->seq);
-#endif
-}
-
-static inline void u64_stats_update_end_raw(struct u64_stats_sync *syncp)
-{
-#if BITS_PER_LONG==32 && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
-	raw_write_seqcount_end(&syncp->seq);
-#endif
-}
-
 static inline unsigned int __u64_stats_fetch_begin(const struct u64_stats_sync *syncp)
 {
 #if BITS_PER_LONG==32 && defined(CONFIG_SMP)