struct lego_usb_tower *dev = urb->context;
        int status = urb->status;
        int retval;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
        lego_usb_tower_debug_data(&dev->udev->dev, __func__,
                                  urb->actual_length, urb->transfer_buffer);
        }
 
        if (urb->actual_length > 0) {
-               spin_lock (&dev->read_buffer_lock);
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->read_buffer_lock, flags);
                if (dev->read_buffer_length + urb->actual_length < read_buffer_size) {
                        memcpy (dev->read_buffer + dev->read_buffer_length,
                                dev->interrupt_in_buffer,
                        pr_warn("read_buffer overflow, %d bytes dropped\n",
                                urb->actual_length);
                }
-               spin_unlock (&dev->read_buffer_lock);
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->read_buffer_lock, flags);
        }
 
 resubmit: