static void skel_read_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
 {
        struct usb_skel *dev;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
        dev = urb->context;
 
-       spin_lock(&dev->err_lock);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->err_lock, flags);
        /* sync/async unlink faults aren't errors */
        if (urb->status) {
                if (!(urb->status == -ENOENT ||
                dev->bulk_in_filled = urb->actual_length;
        }
        dev->ongoing_read = 0;
-       spin_unlock(&dev->err_lock);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->err_lock, flags);
 
        wake_up_interruptible(&dev->bulk_in_wait);
 }
 static void skel_write_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
 {
        struct usb_skel *dev;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
        dev = urb->context;
 
                                "%s - nonzero write bulk status received: %d\n",
                                __func__, urb->status);
 
-               spin_lock(&dev->err_lock);
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->err_lock, flags);
                dev->errors = urb->status;
-               spin_unlock(&dev->err_lock);
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->err_lock, flags);
        }
 
        /* free up our allocated buffer */