diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
index 437294ea2f0ad9381035c19f00ffae82ada203c8..64b348a00814c62bed3cd9a6f5947a16c39fedab 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
@@ -608,11 +608,10 @@ static irqreturn_t tegra_i2c_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	u32 status;
 	const u32 status_err = I2C_INT_NO_ACK | I2C_INT_ARBITRATION_LOST;
 	struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev = dev_id;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	status = i2c_readl(i2c_dev, I2C_INT_STATUS);
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&i2c_dev->xfer_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock(&i2c_dev->xfer_lock);
 	if (status == 0) {
 		dev_warn(i2c_dev->dev, "irq status 0 %08x %08x %08x\n",
 			 i2c_readl(i2c_dev, I2C_PACKET_TRANSFER_STATUS),
@@ -670,7 +669,7 @@ err:
 
 	complete(&i2c_dev->msg_complete);
 done:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i2c_dev->xfer_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock(&i2c_dev->xfer_lock);
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }