static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(ap_poll_wait);
 static struct task_struct *ap_poll_kthread = NULL;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(ap_poll_thread_mutex);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ap_poll_timer_lock);
 static void *ap_interrupt_indicator;
 static struct hrtimer ap_poll_timer;
 /* In LPAR poll with 4kHz frequency. Poll every 250000 nanoseconds.
 static inline void ap_schedule_poll_timer(void)
 {
        ktime_t hr_time;
+
+       spin_lock_bh(&ap_poll_timer_lock);
        if (ap_using_interrupts() || ap_suspend_flag)
-               return;
+               goto out;
        if (hrtimer_is_queued(&ap_poll_timer))
-               return;
+               goto out;
        if (ktime_to_ns(hrtimer_expires_remaining(&ap_poll_timer)) <= 0) {
                hr_time = ktime_set(0, poll_timeout);
                hrtimer_forward_now(&ap_poll_timer, hr_time);
                hrtimer_restart(&ap_poll_timer);
        }
-       return;
+out:
+       spin_unlock_bh(&ap_poll_timer_lock);
 }
 
 /**
         */
        if (MACHINE_IS_VM)
                poll_timeout = 1500000;
+       spin_lock_init(&ap_poll_timer_lock);
        hrtimer_init(&ap_poll_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
        ap_poll_timer.function = ap_poll_timeout;