diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 419548e92d82f6216995293928b1c0e2f63f1d4c..9e741a4f351bed030e9a4804a0f2e0ff8493dd47 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ static void disk_release_events(struct gendisk *disk);
 void set_capacity(struct gendisk *disk, sector_t sectors)
 {
 	struct block_device *bdev = disk->part0;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock(&bdev->bd_size_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&bdev->bd_size_lock, flags);
 	i_size_write(bdev->bd_inode, (loff_t)sectors << SECTOR_SHIFT);
-	spin_unlock(&bdev->bd_size_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bdev->bd_size_lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_capacity);
 
diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index 23460cee9de50c2243fd6ca2f25435469b25db21..4601a845cd79edde9f4f86a57dd6fbcfae1eb954 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -88,9 +88,11 @@ static int (*check_part[])(struct parsed_partitions *) = {
 
 static void bdev_set_nr_sectors(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sectors)
 {
-	spin_lock(&bdev->bd_size_lock);
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&bdev->bd_size_lock, flags);
 	i_size_write(bdev->bd_inode, (loff_t)sectors << SECTOR_SHIFT);
-	spin_unlock(&bdev->bd_size_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bdev->bd_size_lock, flags);
 }
 
 static struct parsed_partitions *allocate_partitions(struct gendisk *hd)