diff --git a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
index a9a254dbf8cb..a6487971ad09 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
@@ -891,6 +891,7 @@ static int sun6i_dma_pause(struct dma_chan *chan)
 	struct sun6i_dma_dev *sdev = to_sun6i_dma_dev(chan->device);
 	struct sun6i_vchan *vchan = to_sun6i_vchan(chan);
 	struct sun6i_pchan *pchan = vchan->phy;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	dev_dbg(chan2dev(chan), "vchan %p: pause\n", &vchan->vc);
 
@@ -898,9 +899,9 @@ static int sun6i_dma_pause(struct dma_chan *chan)
 		writel(DMA_CHAN_PAUSE_PAUSE,
 		       pchan->base + DMA_CHAN_PAUSE);
 	} else {
-		spin_lock(&sdev->lock);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&sdev->lock, flags);
 		list_del_init(&vchan->node);
-		spin_unlock(&sdev->lock);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sdev->lock, flags);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -939,9 +940,9 @@ static int sun6i_dma_terminate_all(struct dma_chan *chan)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	LIST_HEAD(head);
 
-	spin_lock(&sdev->lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&sdev->lock, flags);
 	list_del_init(&vchan->node);
-	spin_unlock(&sdev->lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sdev->lock, flags);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&vchan->vc.lock, flags);