int locked = 1;
        u32 intenable;
 
-       local_irq_save(flags);
        if (port->sysrq)
                locked = 0; /* asc_interrupt has already claimed the lock */
        else if (oops_in_progress)
-               locked = spin_trylock(&port->lock);
+               locked = spin_trylock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
        else
-               spin_lock(&port->lock);
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
 
        /*
         * Disable interrupts so we don't get the IRQ line bouncing
        asc_out(port, ASC_INTEN, intenable);
 
        if (locked)
-               spin_unlock(&port->lock);
-       local_irq_restore(flags);
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
 }
 
 static int asc_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options)