diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
index 0bc550072a21..1e6204518496 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ ACPI_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_global_lock_pending);
  * interrupt level
  */
 ACPI_GLOBAL(acpi_spinlock, acpi_gbl_gpe_lock);	/* For GPE data structs and registers */
-ACPI_GLOBAL(acpi_spinlock, acpi_gbl_hardware_lock);	/* For ACPI H/W except GPE registers */
+ACPI_GLOBAL(acpi_raw_spinlock, acpi_gbl_hardware_lock);	/* For ACPI H/W except GPE registers */
 ACPI_GLOBAL(acpi_spinlock, acpi_gbl_reference_count_lock);
 
 /* Mutex for _OSI support */
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwregs.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwregs.c
index 27a86ad55b58..3de794bcf8fa 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwregs.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwregs.c
@@ -390,14 +390,14 @@ acpi_status acpi_hw_clear_acpi_status(void)
 			  ACPI_BITMASK_ALL_FIXED_STATUS,
 			  ACPI_FORMAT_UINT64(acpi_gbl_xpm1a_status.address)));
 
-	lock_flags = acpi_os_acquire_lock(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock);
+	lock_flags = acpi_os_acquire_raw_lock(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock);
 
 	/* Clear the fixed events in PM1 A/B */
 
 	status = acpi_hw_register_write(ACPI_REGISTER_PM1_STATUS,
 					ACPI_BITMASK_ALL_FIXED_STATUS);
 
-	acpi_os_release_lock(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock, lock_flags);
+	acpi_os_release_raw_lock(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock, lock_flags);
 
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 		goto exit;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwxface.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwxface.c
index 5d1396870bd0..6e39a771a56e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwxface.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwxface.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_write_bit_register(u32 register_id, u32 value)
 		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_BAD_PARAMETER);
 	}
 
-	lock_flags = acpi_os_acquire_lock(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock);
+	lock_flags = acpi_os_acquire_raw_lock(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * At this point, we know that the parent register is one of the
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_write_bit_register(u32 register_id, u32 value)
 
 unlock_and_exit:
 
-	acpi_os_release_lock(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock, lock_flags);
+	acpi_os_release_raw_lock(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock, lock_flags);
 	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utmutex.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utmutex.c
index d2d93e388f40..2e465e6a0ab6 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utmutex.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utmutex.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ut_mutex_initialize(void)
 		return_ACPI_STATUS (status);
 	}
 
-	status = acpi_os_create_lock (&acpi_gbl_hardware_lock);
+	status = acpi_os_create_raw_lock(&acpi_gbl_hardware_lock);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE (status)) {
 		return_ACPI_STATUS (status);
 	}
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ void acpi_ut_mutex_terminate(void)
 	/* Delete the spinlocks */
 
 	acpi_os_delete_lock(acpi_gbl_gpe_lock);
-	acpi_os_delete_lock(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock);
+	acpi_os_delete_raw_lock(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock);
 	acpi_os_delete_lock(acpi_gbl_reference_count_lock);
 
 	/* Delete the reader/writer lock */
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpiosxf.h b/include/acpi/acpiosxf.h
index 540d35f06ad6..eb1f21af7556 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpiosxf.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpiosxf.h
@@ -97,6 +97,27 @@ acpi_cpu_flags acpi_os_acquire_lock(acpi_spinlock handle);
 void acpi_os_release_lock(acpi_spinlock handle, acpi_cpu_flags flags);
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * RAW spinlock primitives. If the OS does not provide them, fallback to
+ * spinlock primitives
+ */
+#ifndef ACPI_USE_ALTERNATE_PROTOTYPE_acpi_os_create_raw_lock
+# define acpi_os_create_raw_lock(out_handle)	acpi_os_create_lock(out_handle)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ACPI_USE_ALTERNATE_PROTOTYPE_acpi_os_delete_raw_lock
+# define acpi_os_delete_raw_lock(handle)	acpi_os_delete_lock(handle)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ACPI_USE_ALTERNATE_PROTOTYPE_acpi_os_acquire_raw_lock
+# define acpi_os_acquire_raw_lock(handle)	acpi_os_acquire_lock(handle)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ACPI_USE_ALTERNATE_PROTOTYPE_acpi_os_release_raw_lock
+# define acpi_os_release_raw_lock(handle, flags)	\
+	acpi_os_release_lock(handle, flags)
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Semaphore primitives
  */
diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
index 1c530f95dc34..2b1bafa197c0 100644
--- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
@@ -245,6 +245,10 @@ typedef u64 acpi_physical_address;
 #define acpi_spinlock                   void *
 #endif
 
+#ifndef acpi_raw_spinlock
+#define acpi_raw_spinlock		acpi_spinlock
+#endif
+
 #ifndef acpi_semaphore
 #define acpi_semaphore                  void *
 #endif
diff --git a/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h b/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
index a0b232703302..7451b3bca83a 100644
--- a/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
+++ b/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 
 #define acpi_cache_t                        struct kmem_cache
 #define acpi_spinlock                       spinlock_t *
+#define acpi_raw_spinlock                   raw_spinlock_t *
 #define acpi_cpu_flags                      unsigned long
 
 /* Use native linux version of acpi_os_allocate_zeroed */
@@ -119,6 +120,10 @@
 #define ACPI_USE_ALTERNATE_PROTOTYPE_acpi_os_acquire_object
 #define ACPI_USE_ALTERNATE_PROTOTYPE_acpi_os_get_thread_id
 #define ACPI_USE_ALTERNATE_PROTOTYPE_acpi_os_create_lock
+#define ACPI_USE_ALTERNATE_PROTOTYPE_acpi_os_create_raw_lock
+#define ACPI_USE_ALTERNATE_PROTOTYPE_acpi_os_delete_raw_lock
+#define ACPI_USE_ALTERNATE_PROTOTYPE_acpi_os_acquire_raw_lock
+#define ACPI_USE_ALTERNATE_PROTOTYPE_acpi_os_release_raw_lock
 
 /*
  * OSL interfaces used by debugger/disassembler
diff --git a/include/acpi/platform/aclinuxex.h b/include/acpi/platform/aclinuxex.h
index 7e81475fe034..d754a1b12721 100644
--- a/include/acpi/platform/aclinuxex.h
+++ b/include/acpi/platform/aclinuxex.h
@@ -90,6 +90,36 @@ static inline acpi_thread_id acpi_os_get_thread_id(void)
 		lock ? AE_OK : AE_NO_MEMORY; \
 	})
 
+
+#define acpi_os_create_raw_lock(__handle) \
+	({ \
+		raw_spinlock_t *lock = ACPI_ALLOCATE(sizeof(*lock)); \
+		if (lock) { \
+			*(__handle) = lock; \
+			raw_spin_lock_init(*(__handle)); \
+		} \
+		lock ? AE_OK : AE_NO_MEMORY; \
+	})
+
+static inline acpi_cpu_flags acpi_os_acquire_raw_lock(acpi_raw_spinlock lockp)
+{
+	acpi_cpu_flags flags;
+
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(lockp, flags);
+	return flags;
+}
+
+static inline void acpi_os_release_raw_lock(acpi_raw_spinlock lockp,
+					    acpi_cpu_flags flags)
+{
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(lockp, flags);
+}
+
+static inline void acpi_os_delete_raw_lock(acpi_raw_spinlock handle)
+{
+	ACPI_FREE(handle);
+}
+
 static inline u8 acpi_os_readable(void *pointer, acpi_size length)
 {
 	return TRUE;