diff --git a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c
index 9fb118e77a1f089fcb5866bcb97d4ef61d3b07d3..f1d44e4955fc63baee6697dfc07822b055cf89ad 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c
@@ -395,9 +395,9 @@ int ks_wlan_hw_tx(struct ks_wlan_private *priv, void *p, unsigned long size,
 	priv->hostt.buff[priv->hostt.qtail] = le16_to_cpu(hdr->event);
 	priv->hostt.qtail = (priv->hostt.qtail + 1) % SME_EVENT_BUFF_SIZE;
 
-	spin_lock(&priv->tx_dev.tx_dev_lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&priv->tx_dev.tx_dev_lock);
 	result = enqueue_txdev(priv, p, size, complete_handler, skb);
-	spin_unlock(&priv->tx_dev.tx_dev_lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&priv->tx_dev.tx_dev_lock);
 
 	if (txq_has_space(priv))
 		queue_delayed_work(priv->wq, &priv->rw_dwork, 0);