diff --git a/block/blk-iolatency.c b/block/blk-iolatency.c
index 53e8dd2dfa8ad..9152dc86b08b8 100644
--- a/block/blk-iolatency.c
+++ b/block/blk-iolatency.c
@@ -811,16 +811,18 @@ static void iolatency_clear_scaling(struct blkcg_gq *blkg)
 	if (blkg->parent) {
 		struct iolatency_grp *iolat = blkg_to_lat(blkg->parent);
 		struct child_latency_info *lat_info;
+		unsigned long flags;
+
 		if (!iolat)
 			return;
 
 		lat_info = &iolat->child_lat;
-		spin_lock(&lat_info->lock);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&lat_info->lock, flags);
 		atomic_set(&lat_info->scale_cookie, DEFAULT_SCALE_COOKIE);
 		lat_info->last_scale_event = 0;
 		lat_info->scale_grp = NULL;
 		lat_info->scale_lat = 0;
-		spin_unlock(&lat_info->lock);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lat_info->lock, flags);
 	}
 }