static struct pl330_thread *pl330_request_channel(struct pl330_dmac *pl330)
 {
        struct pl330_thread *thrd = NULL;
-       unsigned long flags;
        int chans, i;
 
        if (pl330->state == DYING)
 
        chans = pl330->pcfg.num_chan;
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&pl330->lock, flags);
-
        for (i = 0; i < chans; i++) {
                thrd = &pl330->channels[i];
                if ((thrd->free) && (!_manager_ns(thrd) ||
                thrd = NULL;
        }
 
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pl330->lock, flags);
-
        return thrd;
 }
 
 static void pl330_release_channel(struct pl330_thread *thrd)
 {
        struct pl330_dmac *pl330;
-       unsigned long flags;
 
        if (!thrd || thrd->free)
                return;
 
        pl330 = thrd->dmac;
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&pl330->lock, flags);
        _free_event(thrd, thrd->ev);
        thrd->free = true;
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pl330->lock, flags);
 }
 
 /* Initialize the structure for PL330 configuration, that can be used
        struct pl330_dmac *pl330 = pch->dmac;
        unsigned long flags;
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&pch->lock, flags);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&pl330->lock, flags);
 
        dma_cookie_init(chan);
        pch->cyclic = false;
 
        pch->thread = pl330_request_channel(pl330);
        if (!pch->thread) {
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pch->lock, flags);
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pl330->lock, flags);
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
        tasklet_init(&pch->task, pl330_tasklet, (unsigned long) pch);
 
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pch->lock, flags);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pl330->lock, flags);
 
        return 1;
 }
 static void pl330_free_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
 {
        struct dma_pl330_chan *pch = to_pchan(chan);
+       struct pl330_dmac *pl330 = pch->dmac;
        unsigned long flags;
 
        tasklet_kill(&pch->task);
 
        pm_runtime_get_sync(pch->dmac->ddma.dev);
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&pch->lock, flags);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&pl330->lock, flags);
 
        pl330_release_channel(pch->thread);
        pch->thread = NULL;
        if (pch->cyclic)
                list_splice_tail_init(&pch->work_list, &pch->dmac->desc_pool);
 
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pch->lock, flags);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pl330->lock, flags);
        pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(pch->dmac->ddma.dev);
        pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(pch->dmac->ddma.dev);
 }