diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index bd6e8cf77fad..dc97cb9f227f 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -1065,17 +1065,16 @@ static int
 io_subchannel_remove (struct subchannel *sch)
 {
 	struct ccw_device *cdev;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	cdev = sch_get_cdev(sch);
 	if (!cdev)
 		goto out_free;
 	io_subchannel_quiesce(sch);
 	/* Set ccw device to not operational and drop reference. */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(cdev->ccwlock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irq(cdev->ccwlock);
 	sch_set_cdev(sch, NULL);
 	cdev->private->state = DEV_STATE_NOT_OPER;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(cdev->ccwlock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irq(cdev->ccwlock);
 	ccw_device_unregister(cdev);
 out_free:
 	kfree(sch->private);