diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_cache.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_cache.c
index cf11277ebd02..000ebb5a6fb3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_cache.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_cache.c
@@ -272,8 +272,9 @@ static int eeh_addr_cache_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
 {
 	struct pci_io_addr_range *piar;
 	struct rb_node *n;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock(&pci_io_addr_cache_root.piar_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&pci_io_addr_cache_root.piar_lock, flags);
 	for (n = rb_first(&pci_io_addr_cache_root.rb_root); n; n = rb_next(n)) {
 		piar = rb_entry(n, struct pci_io_addr_range, rb_node);
 
@@ -281,7 +282,7 @@ static int eeh_addr_cache_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
 		       (piar->flags & IORESOURCE_IO) ? "i/o" : "mem",
 		       &piar->addr_lo, &piar->addr_hi, pci_name(piar->pcidev));
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&pci_io_addr_cache_root.piar_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pci_io_addr_cache_root.piar_lock, flags);
 
 	return 0;
 }