diff --git a/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c b/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c
index 95f768b28a5e..d3c30a28c410 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c
@@ -956,14 +956,14 @@ static void pclose(struct atm_vcc *vcc)
 	struct pkt_hdr *header;
 
 	/* Remove any yet-to-be-transmitted packets from the pending queue */
-	spin_lock(&card->tx_queue_lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&card->tx_queue_lock);
 	skb_queue_walk_safe(&card->tx_queue[port], skb, tmpskb) {
 		if (SKB_CB(skb)->vcc == vcc) {
 			skb_unlink(skb, &card->tx_queue[port]);
 			solos_pop(vcc, skb);
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&card->tx_queue_lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&card->tx_queue_lock);
 
 	skb = alloc_skb(sizeof(*header), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb) {