diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index bb0651a4a1287..d74a49b188c24 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -1048,12 +1048,12 @@ static int hugetlbfs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 		if (sbinfo->spool) {
 			long free_pages;
 
-			spin_lock(&sbinfo->spool->lock);
+			spin_lock_irq(&sbinfo->spool->lock);
 			buf->f_blocks = sbinfo->spool->max_hpages;
 			free_pages = sbinfo->spool->max_hpages
 				- sbinfo->spool->used_hpages;
 			buf->f_bavail = buf->f_bfree = free_pages;
-			spin_unlock(&sbinfo->spool->lock);
+			spin_unlock_irq(&sbinfo->spool->lock);
 			buf->f_files = sbinfo->max_inodes;
 			buf->f_ffree = sbinfo->free_inodes;
 		}