diff --git a/net/rds/iw_rdma.c b/net/rds/iw_rdma.c
index 4e152e2..0e7accc 100644
--- a/net/rds/iw_rdma.c
+++ b/net/rds/iw_rdma.c
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@
 	BUG_ON(list_empty(&ic->iw_node));
 	list_del(&ic->iw_node);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&rds_iwdev->spinlock);
+	spin_lock(&rds_iwdev->spinlock);
 	list_add_tail(&ic->iw_node, &rds_iwdev->conn_list);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&rds_iwdev->spinlock);
+	spin_unlock(&rds_iwdev->spinlock);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&iw_nodev_conns_lock);
 
 	ic->rds_iwdev = rds_iwdev;