diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c
index 22a3bfe1ed8f5..73419224367aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c
@@ -393,11 +393,11 @@ struct mlx4_qp *mlx4_qp_lookup(struct mlx4_dev *dev, u32 qpn)
 	struct mlx4_qp_table *qp_table = &mlx4_priv(dev)->qp_table;
 	struct mlx4_qp *qp;
 
-	spin_lock(&qp_table->lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&qp_table->lock);
 
 	qp = __mlx4_qp_lookup(dev, qpn);
 
-	spin_unlock(&qp_table->lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&qp_table->lock);
 	return qp;
 }