diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c b/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
index ab66e1f0fdfa..7a179cfc01ed 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
@@ -1864,8 +1864,9 @@ static int qedi_cpu_offline(unsigned int cpu)
 	struct qedi_percpu_s *p = this_cpu_ptr(&qedi_percpu);
 	struct qedi_work *work, *tmp;
 	struct task_struct *thread;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&p->p_work_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&p->p_work_lock, flags);
 	thread = p->iothread;
 	p->iothread = NULL;
 
@@ -1876,7 +1877,7 @@ static int qedi_cpu_offline(unsigned int cpu)
 			kfree(work);
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock_bh(&p->p_work_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->p_work_lock, flags);
 	if (thread)
 		kthread_stop(thread);
 	return 0;