diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs_crc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs_crc.c
index f689c75474e5..2901b7944068 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs_crc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_debugfs_crc.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ int drm_crtc_add_crc_entry(struct drm_crtc *crtc, bool has_frame,
 
 	/* Caller may not have noticed yet that userspace has stopped reading */
 	if (!crc->entries) {
-		spin_unlock(&crc->lock);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&crc->lock, flags);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ int drm_crtc_add_crc_entry(struct drm_crtc *crtc, bool has_frame,
 		bool was_overflow = crc->overflow;
 
 		crc->overflow = true;
-		spin_unlock(&crc->lock);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&crc->lock, flags);
 
 		if (!was_overflow)
 			DRM_ERROR("Overflow of CRC buffer, userspace reads too slow.\n");