diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_irq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_irq.c
index e7209afb425..c069be8cbcb 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_irq.c
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ void ehca_tasklet_eq(unsigned long data)
 					cq = idr_find(&ehca_cq_idr, token);
 
 					if (cq == NULL) {
-						spin_unlock(&ehca_cq_idr_lock);
+						spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ehca_cq_idr_lock,
+								       flags);
 						break;
 					}