}
        }
+       spin_unlock_irq(&phba->hbalock);
 
        if (phba->cfg_enable_fc4_type & LPFC_ENABLE_NVME) {
-               spin_lock(&phba->sli4_hba.abts_nvmet_buf_list_lock);
+               spin_lock_irq(&phba->sli4_hba.abts_nvmet_buf_list_lock);
                list_splice_init(&phba->sli4_hba.lpfc_abts_nvmet_ctx_list,
                                 &nvmet_aborts);
-               spin_unlock(&phba->sli4_hba.abts_nvmet_buf_list_lock);
+               spin_unlock_irq(&phba->sli4_hba.abts_nvmet_buf_list_lock);
                list_for_each_entry_safe(ctxp, ctxp_next, &nvmet_aborts, list) {
                        ctxp->flag &= ~(LPFC_NVMET_XBUSY | LPFC_NVMET_ABORT_OP);
                        lpfc_nvmet_ctxbuf_post(phba, ctxp->ctxbuf);
                }
        }
 
-       spin_unlock_irq(&phba->hbalock);
        lpfc_sli4_free_sp_events(phba);
        return cnt;
 }