diff -urp a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c	2006-04-01 09:47:24.000000000 +0800
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c	2006-06-05 11:32:18.000000000 +0800
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ static inline void ipw_clear_bit(struct 
 	ipw_write32(priv, reg, ipw_read32(priv, reg) & ~mask);
 }
 
-static inline void ipw_enable_interrupts(struct ipw_priv *priv)
+static inline void __ipw_enable_interrupts(struct ipw_priv *priv)
 {
 	if (priv->status & STATUS_INT_ENABLED)
 		return;
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static inline void ipw_enable_interrupts
 	ipw_write32(priv, IPW_INTA_MASK_R, IPW_INTA_MASK_ALL);
 }
 
-static inline void ipw_disable_interrupts(struct ipw_priv *priv)
+static inline void __ipw_disable_interrupts(struct ipw_priv *priv)
 {
 	if (!(priv->status & STATUS_INT_ENABLED))
 		return;
@@ -558,6 +558,20 @@ static inline void ipw_disable_interrupt
 	ipw_write32(priv, IPW_INTA_MASK_R, ~IPW_INTA_MASK_ALL);
 }
 
+static inline void ipw_enable_interrupts(struct ipw_priv *priv)
+{
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->irq_lock, priv->lock_flags);
+	__ipw_enable_interrupts(priv);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->irq_lock, priv->lock_flags);
+}
+
+static inline void ipw_disable_interrupts(struct ipw_priv *priv)
+{
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->irq_lock, priv->lock_flags);
+	__ipw_disable_interrupts(priv);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->irq_lock, priv->lock_flags);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPW2200_DEBUG
 static char *ipw_error_desc(u32 val)
 {
@@ -1959,7 +1973,7 @@ static void ipw_irq_tasklet(struct ipw_p
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->irq_lock, flags);
 
 	inta = ipw_read32(priv, IPW_INTA_RW);
 	inta_mask = ipw_read32(priv, IPW_INTA_MASK_R);
@@ -1968,6 +1982,10 @@ static void ipw_irq_tasklet(struct ipw_p
 	/* Add any cached INTA values that need to be handled */
 	inta |= priv->isr_inta;
 
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->irq_lock, flags);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
+
 	/* handle all the justifications for the interrupt */
 	if (inta & IPW_INTA_BIT_RX_TRANSFER) {
 		ipw_rx(priv);
@@ -2096,10 +2114,10 @@ static void ipw_irq_tasklet(struct ipw_p
 		IPW_ERROR("Unhandled INTA bits 0x%08x\n", inta & ~handled);
 	}
 
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
+
 	/* enable all interrupts */
 	ipw_enable_interrupts(priv);
-
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
 }
 
 #define IPW_CMD(x) case IPW_CMD_ ## x : return #x
@@ -11058,7 +11076,7 @@ static irqreturn_t ipw_isr(int irq, void
 	if (!priv)
 		return IRQ_NONE;
 
-	spin_lock(&priv->lock);
+	spin_lock(&priv->irq_lock);
 
 	if (!(priv->status & STATUS_INT_ENABLED)) {
 		/* Shared IRQ */
@@ -11080,7 +11098,7 @@ static irqreturn_t ipw_isr(int irq, void
 	}
 
 	/* tell the device to stop sending interrupts */
-	ipw_disable_interrupts(priv);
+	__ipw_disable_interrupts(priv);
 
 	/* ack current interrupts */
 	inta &= (IPW_INTA_MASK_ALL & inta_mask);
@@ -11091,11 +11109,11 @@ static irqreturn_t ipw_isr(int irq, void
 
 	tasklet_schedule(&priv->irq_tasklet);
 
-	spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
+	spin_unlock(&priv->irq_lock);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
       none:
-	spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
+	spin_unlock(&priv->irq_lock);
 	return IRQ_NONE;
 }
 
@@ -12185,6 +12203,7 @@ static int ipw_pci_probe(struct pci_dev 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPW2200_DEBUG
 	ipw_debug_level = debug;
 #endif
+	spin_lock_init(&priv->irq_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < IPW_IBSS_MAC_HASH_SIZE; i++)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->ibss_mac_hash[i]);
diff -urp a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.h
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.h	2006-04-01 09:47:24.000000000 +0800
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.h	2006-06-05 11:32:18.000000000 +0800
@@ -1181,6 +1181,8 @@ struct ipw_priv {
 	struct ieee80211_device *ieee;
 
 	spinlock_t lock;
+	spinlock_t irq_lock;
+	unsigned long lock_flags;
 	struct mutex mutex;
 
 	/* basic pci-network driver stuff */