diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.h b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.h
index 2ef9d41fc6f42c..e5215db9ee4d16 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.h
@@ -2332,7 +2332,7 @@ struct megasas_instance {
 	u32 support_morethan256jbod; /* FW support for more than 256 PD/JBOD */
 	bool use_seqnum_jbod_fp;   /* Added for PD sequence */
 	bool smp_affinity_enable;
-	spinlock_t crashdump_lock;
+	struct mutex crashdump_lock;
 
 	struct megasas_register_set __iomem *reg_set;
 	u32 __iomem *reply_post_host_index_addr[MR_MAX_MSIX_REG_ARRAY];
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
index 13ee8e4c4f570c..e392a984c7b875 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
@@ -3272,14 +3272,13 @@ fw_crash_buffer_store(struct device *cdev,
 	struct megasas_instance *instance =
 		(struct megasas_instance *) shost->hostdata;
 	int val = 0;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (kstrtoint(buf, 0, &val) != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&instance->crashdump_lock, flags);
+	mutex_lock(&instance->crashdump_lock);
 	instance->fw_crash_buffer_offset = val;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&instance->crashdump_lock, flags);
+	mutex_unlock(&instance->crashdump_lock);
 	return strlen(buf);
 }
 
@@ -3294,24 +3293,23 @@ fw_crash_buffer_show(struct device *cdev,
 	unsigned long dmachunk = CRASH_DMA_BUF_SIZE;
 	unsigned long chunk_left_bytes;
 	unsigned long src_addr;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	u32 buff_offset;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&instance->crashdump_lock, flags);
+	mutex_lock(&instance->crashdump_lock);
 	buff_offset = instance->fw_crash_buffer_offset;
 	if (!instance->crash_dump_buf ||
 		!((instance->fw_crash_state == AVAILABLE) ||
 		(instance->fw_crash_state == COPYING))) {
 		dev_err(&instance->pdev->dev,
 			"Firmware crash dump is not available\n");
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&instance->crashdump_lock, flags);
+		mutex_unlock(&instance->crashdump_lock);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (buff_offset > (instance->fw_crash_buffer_size * dmachunk)) {
 		dev_err(&instance->pdev->dev,
 			"Firmware crash dump offset is out of range\n");
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&instance->crashdump_lock, flags);
+		mutex_unlock(&instance->crashdump_lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -3323,7 +3321,7 @@ fw_crash_buffer_show(struct device *cdev,
 	src_addr = (unsigned long)instance->crash_buf[buff_offset / dmachunk] +
 		(buff_offset % dmachunk);
 	memcpy(buf, (void *)src_addr, size);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&instance->crashdump_lock, flags);
+	mutex_unlock(&instance->crashdump_lock);
 
 	return size;
 }
@@ -3348,7 +3346,6 @@ fw_crash_state_store(struct device *cdev,
 	struct megasas_instance *instance =
 		(struct megasas_instance *) shost->hostdata;
 	int val = 0;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (kstrtoint(buf, 0, &val) != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -3362,9 +3359,9 @@ fw_crash_state_store(struct device *cdev,
 	instance->fw_crash_state = val;
 
 	if ((val == COPIED) || (val == COPY_ERROR)) {
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&instance->crashdump_lock, flags);
+		mutex_lock(&instance->crashdump_lock);
 		megasas_free_host_crash_buffer(instance);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&instance->crashdump_lock, flags);
+		mutex_unlock(&instance->crashdump_lock);
 		if (val == COPY_ERROR)
 			dev_info(&instance->pdev->dev, "application failed to "
 				"copy Firmware crash dump\n");
@@ -7423,7 +7420,7 @@ static inline void megasas_init_ctrl_params(struct megasas_instance *instance)
 	init_waitqueue_head(&instance->int_cmd_wait_q);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&instance->abort_cmd_wait_q);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&instance->crashdump_lock);
+	mutex_init(&instance->crashdump_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&instance->mfi_pool_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&instance->hba_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&instance->stream_lock);