skge->tx_avail = skge->tx_ring.count - 1;
 
        /* Enable IRQ from port */
+       spin_lock_irq(&hw->hw_lock);
        hw->intr_mask |= portirqmask[port];
        skge_write32(hw, B0_IMSK, hw->intr_mask);
+       spin_unlock_irq(&hw->hw_lock);
 
        /* Initialize MAC */
        spin_lock_bh(&hw->phy_lock);
        else
                yukon_stop(skge);
 
+       spin_lock_irq(&hw->hw_lock);
        hw->intr_mask &= ~portirqmask[skge->port];
        skge_write32(hw, B0_IMSK, hw->intr_mask);
+       spin_unlock_irq(&hw->hw_lock);
 
        /* Stop transmitter */
        skge_write8(hw, Q_ADDR(txqaddr[port], Q_CSR), CSR_STOP);
        if (work_done >=  to_do)
                return 1; /* not done */
 
-       netif_rx_complete(dev);
-       hw->intr_mask |= portirqmask[skge->port];
-       skge_write32(hw, B0_IMSK, hw->intr_mask);
-       skge_read32(hw, B0_IMSK);
+       spin_lock_irq(&hw->hw_lock);
+       __netif_rx_complete(dev);
+       hw->intr_mask |= portirqmask[skge->port];
+       skge_write32(hw, B0_IMSK, hw->intr_mask);
+       spin_unlock_irq(&hw->hw_lock);
 
        return 0;
 }
        }
        spin_unlock(&hw->phy_lock);
 
-       local_irq_disable();
+       spin_lock_irq(&hw->hw_lock);
        hw->intr_mask |= IS_EXT_REG;
        skge_write32(hw, B0_IMSK, hw->intr_mask);
-       local_irq_enable();
+       spin_unlock_irq(&hw->hw_lock);
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t skge_intr(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
        if (status == 0 || status == ~0) /* hotplug or shared irq */
                return IRQ_NONE;
 
-       status &= hw->intr_mask;
+       spin_lock(&hw->hw_lock);
        if (status & IS_R1_F) {
                skge_write8(hw, Q_ADDR(Q_R1, Q_CSR), CSR_IRQ_CL_F);
                hw->intr_mask &= ~IS_R1_F;
        }
 
        skge_write32(hw, B0_IMSK, hw->intr_mask);
+       spin_unlock(&hw->hw_lock);
 
        return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
        hw->pdev = pdev;
        spin_lock_init(&hw->phy_lock);
+       spin_lock_init(&hw->hw_lock);
        tasklet_init(&hw->ext_tasklet, skge_extirq, (unsigned long) hw);
 
        hw->regs = ioremap_nocache(pci_resource_start(pdev, 0), 0x4000);