diff --git a/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-int.c b/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-int.c
index 4c3fca18a171..2cb5ae790203 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-int.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-int.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static unsigned long _msc01_biu_base;
 static unsigned long _gcmp_base;
 static unsigned int ipi_map[NR_CPUS];
 
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mips_irq_lock);
+static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(mips_irq_lock);
 
 static inline int mips_pcibios_iack(void)
 {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static inline int get_int(void)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int irq;
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&mips_irq_lock, flags);
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&mips_irq_lock, flags);
 
 	irq = mips_pcibios_iack();
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static inline int get_int(void)
 	 * on an SMP system,  so leave it up to the generic code...
 	 */
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mips_irq_lock, flags);
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mips_irq_lock, flags);
 
 	return irq;
 }