}
 
        err = heci_start_read(dev, if_num, file_ext);
-       spin_lock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+       spin_lock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
        if (err != 0 && err != -EBUSY) {
                DBG("heci start read failure with status = %d\n", err);
-               spin_unlock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+               spin_unlock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
                rets = err;
                goto out;
        }
                        && !waitqueue_active(&file_ext->rx_wait)) {
                if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
                        rets = -EAGAIN;
-                       spin_unlock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+                       spin_unlock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
                        goto out;
                }
-               spin_unlock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+               spin_unlock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
 
                if (wait_event_interruptible(file_ext->rx_wait,
                        (HECI_READ_COMPLETE == file_ext->reading_state
                        rets = -EBUSY;
                        goto out;
                }
-               spin_lock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+               spin_lock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
        }
 
        priv_cb = file_ext->read_cb;
 
        if (!priv_cb) {
-               spin_unlock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+               spin_unlock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
                return -ENODEV;
        }
        if (file_ext->reading_state != HECI_READ_COMPLETE) {
-               spin_unlock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+               spin_unlock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
                return 0;
        }
-       spin_unlock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
        /* now copy the data to user space */
 copy_buffer:
        DBG("priv_cb->response_buffer size - %d\n",
                list_del(&priv_cb_pos->cb_list);
        spin_unlock_bh(&dev->device_lock);
        heci_free_cb_private(priv_cb);
-       spin_lock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+       spin_lock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
        file_ext->reading_state = HECI_IDLE;
        file_ext->read_cb = NULL;
        file_ext->read_pending = 0;
-       spin_unlock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
 out:   DBG("end heci read rets= %d\n", rets);
        return rets;
 }
                        list_del(&priv_write_cb->cb_list);
                        heci_free_cb_private(priv_write_cb);
                        priv_write_cb = NULL;
-                       spin_lock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+                       spin_lock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
                        file_ext->reading_state = HECI_IDLE;
                        file_ext->read_cb = NULL;
                        file_ext->read_pending = 0;
-                       spin_unlock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+                       spin_unlock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
                }
        } else if (file_ext->reading_state == HECI_IDLE &&
                        file_ext->read_pending == 0)
 
                                priv_cb_pos->file_private;
                if ((file_ext != NULL) &&
                    (_heci_bh_state_ok(file_ext, heci_hdr))) {
-                       spin_lock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+                       spin_lock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
                        file_ext->reading_state = HECI_READING;
                        buffer = (unsigned char *)
                                (priv_cb_pos->response_buffer.data +
                                        priv_cb_pos->information) {
                                DBG("message overflow.\n");
                                list_del(&priv_cb_pos->cb_list);
-                               spin_unlock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+                               spin_unlock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
                                return -ENOMEM;
                        }
                        if (buffer) {
                        if (heci_hdr->msg_complete) {
                                file_ext->status = 0;
                                list_del(&priv_cb_pos->cb_list);
-                               spin_unlock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+                               spin_unlock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
                                DBG("completed read host client = %d,"
                                        "ME client = %d, "
                                        "data length = %lu\n",
                                list_add_tail(&priv_cb_pos->cb_list,
                                        &complete_list->heci_cb.cb_list);
                        } else {
-                               spin_unlock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+                               spin_unlock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
                        }
 
                        break;
 
        }
        spin_unlock_bh(&dev->device_lock);
        DBG("check if read is pending.\n");
-       spin_lock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+       spin_lock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
        if ((file_ext->read_pending) || (file_ext->read_cb != NULL)) {
                DBG("read is pending.\n");
-               spin_unlock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+               spin_unlock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
                return -EBUSY;
        }
-       spin_unlock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
 
        priv_cb = kzalloc(sizeof(struct heci_cb_private), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!priv_cb)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       spin_lock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+       spin_lock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
        DBG("allocation call back success\n"
            "host client = %d, ME client = %d\n",
            file_ext->host_client_id, file_ext->me_client_id);
-       spin_unlock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
 
        spin_lock_bh(&dev->device_lock);
-       spin_lock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+       spin_lock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
        for (i = 0; i < dev->num_heci_me_clients; i++) {
                if (dev->me_clients[i].client_id == file_ext->me_client_id)
                        break;
        }
 
        BUG_ON(dev->me_clients[i].client_id != file_ext->me_client_id);
-       spin_unlock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
        if (i == dev->num_heci_me_clients) {
                rets = -ENODEV;
                goto unlock;
        priv_cb->information = 0;
        priv_cb->file_private = (void *) file_ext;
        spin_lock_bh(&dev->device_lock);
-       spin_lock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+       spin_lock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
        file_ext->read_cb = priv_cb;
        if (dev->host_buffer_is_empty) {
                dev->host_buffer_is_empty = 0;
                if (!heci_send_flow_control(dev, file_ext)) {
                        rets = -ENODEV;
-                       spin_unlock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+                       spin_unlock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
                        goto unlock;
                } else {
                        list_add_tail(&priv_cb->cb_list,
                list_add_tail(&priv_cb->cb_list,
                              &dev->ctrl_wr_list.heci_cb.cb_list);
        }
-       spin_unlock(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&file_ext->read_io_lock);
        spin_unlock_bh(&dev->device_lock);
        return rets;
 unlock: