diff --git a/drivers/staging/generic_serial/generic_serial.c b/drivers/staging/generic_serial/generic_serial.c
index 5954ee1dc953..466988dbc37d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/generic_serial/generic_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/generic_serial/generic_serial.c
@@ -566,9 +566,9 @@ void gs_close(struct tty_struct * tty, struct file * filp)
 	 * line status register.
 	 */
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&port->driver_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock(&port->driver_lock);
 	port->rd->disable_rx_interrupts (port);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->driver_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock(&port->driver_lock);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->port.lock, flags);
 
 	/* close has no way of returning "EINTR", so discard return value */