diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
index b795fe4cbd2e9b..fb13993fad31c8 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
@@ -649,10 +649,11 @@ static struct cmos_rtc	cmos_rtc;
 
 static irqreturn_t cmos_interrupt(int irq, void *p)
 {
+	unsigned long	flags;
 	u8		irqstat;
 	u8		rtc_control;
 
-	spin_lock(&rtc_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc_lock, flags);
 
 	/* When the HPET interrupt handler calls us, the interrupt
 	 * status is passed as arg1 instead of the irq number.  But
@@ -686,7 +687,7 @@ static irqreturn_t cmos_interrupt(int irq, void *p)
 			hpet_mask_rtc_irq_bit(RTC_AIE);
 		CMOS_READ(RTC_INTR_FLAGS);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&rtc_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtc_lock, flags);
 
 	if (is_intr(irqstat)) {
 		rtc_update_irq(p, 1, irqstat);