diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 1a3327407552..0d9fbc8458fd 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -3791,6 +3791,7 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_tx_dequeue(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	ieee80211_tx_result r;
 	struct ieee80211_vif *vif = txq->vif;
 	int q = vif->hw_queue[txq->ac];
+	unsigned long flags;
 	bool q_stopped;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(softirq_count() == 0);
@@ -3799,9 +3800,9 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_tx_dequeue(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 		return NULL;
 
 begin:
-	spin_lock(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock, flags);
 	q_stopped = local->queue_stop_reasons[q];
-	spin_unlock(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock, flags);
 
 	if (unlikely(q_stopped)) {
 		/* mark for waking later */