diff --git a/block/blk-iocost.c b/block/blk-iocost.c
index 00d59d2288f00..7dd6a33e1d6a8 100644
--- a/block/blk-iocost.c
+++ b/block/blk-iocost.c
@@ -2437,6 +2437,7 @@ static u64 adjust_inuse_and_calc_cost(struct ioc_gq *iocg, u64 vtime,
 	u32 hwi, adj_step;
 	s64 margin;
 	u64 cost, new_inuse;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	current_hweight(iocg, NULL, &hwi);
 	old_hwi = hwi;
@@ -2455,11 +2456,11 @@ static u64 adjust_inuse_and_calc_cost(struct ioc_gq *iocg, u64 vtime,
 	    iocg->inuse == iocg->active)
 		return cost;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&ioc->lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->lock, flags);
 
 	/* we own inuse only when @iocg is in the normal active state */
 	if (iocg->abs_vdebt || list_empty(&iocg->active_list)) {
-		spin_unlock_irq(&ioc->lock);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->lock, flags);
 		return cost;
 	}
 
@@ -2480,7 +2481,7 @@ static u64 adjust_inuse_and_calc_cost(struct ioc_gq *iocg, u64 vtime,
 	} while (time_after64(vtime + cost, now->vnow) &&
 		 iocg->inuse != iocg->active);
 
-	spin_unlock_irq(&ioc->lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->lock, flags);
 
 	TRACE_IOCG_PATH(inuse_adjust, iocg, now,
 			old_inuse, iocg->inuse, old_hwi, hwi);