diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rio.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rio.c
index 9234be1e66f556b129148efec300c1f5a4f24239..5011ffea4e4b3a8d3c69160bb1bb896cdeb8cb1f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rio.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rio.c
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
 #define RIWAR_WRTYP_ALLOC	0x00006000
 #define RIWAR_SIZE_MASK		0x0000003F
 
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(fsl_rio_config_lock);
+
 #define __fsl_read_rio_config(x, addr, err, op)		\
 	__asm__ __volatile__(				\
 		"1:	"op" %1,0(%2)\n"		\
@@ -184,6 +186,7 @@ fsl_rio_config_read(struct rio_mport *mport, int index, u16 destid,
 			u8 hopcount, u32 offset, int len, u32 *val)
 {
 	struct rio_priv *priv = mport->priv;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	u8 *data;
 	u32 rval, err = 0;
 
@@ -197,6 +200,8 @@ fsl_rio_config_read(struct rio_mport *mport, int index, u16 destid,
 	if (offset > (0x1000000 - len) || !IS_ALIGNED(offset, len))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&fsl_rio_config_lock, flags);
+
 	out_be32(&priv->maint_atmu_regs->rowtar,
 		 (destid << 22) | (hopcount << 12) | (offset >> 12));
 	out_be32(&priv->maint_atmu_regs->rowtear, (destid >> 10));
@@ -213,6 +218,7 @@ fsl_rio_config_read(struct rio_mport *mport, int index, u16 destid,
 		__fsl_read_rio_config(rval, data, err, "lwz");
 		break;
 	default:
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fsl_rio_config_lock, flags);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -221,6 +227,7 @@ fsl_rio_config_read(struct rio_mport *mport, int index, u16 destid,
 			 err, destid, hopcount, offset);
 	}
 
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fsl_rio_config_lock, flags);
 	*val = rval;
 
 	return err;
@@ -244,7 +251,10 @@ fsl_rio_config_write(struct rio_mport *mport, int index, u16 destid,
 			u8 hopcount, u32 offset, int len, u32 val)
 {
 	struct rio_priv *priv = mport->priv;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	u8 *data;
+	int ret = 0;
+
 	pr_debug
 		("fsl_rio_config_write:"
 		" index %d destid %d hopcount %d offset %8.8x len %d val %8.8x\n",
@@ -255,6 +265,8 @@ fsl_rio_config_write(struct rio_mport *mport, int index, u16 destid,
 	if (offset > (0x1000000 - len) || !IS_ALIGNED(offset, len))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&fsl_rio_config_lock, flags);
+
 	out_be32(&priv->maint_atmu_regs->rowtar,
 		 (destid << 22) | (hopcount << 12) | (offset >> 12));
 	out_be32(&priv->maint_atmu_regs->rowtear, (destid >> 10));
@@ -271,10 +283,11 @@ fsl_rio_config_write(struct rio_mport *mport, int index, u16 destid,
 		out_be32((u32 *) data, val);
 		break;
 	default:
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fsl_rio_config_lock, flags);
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void fsl_rio_inbound_mem_init(struct rio_priv *priv)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rmu.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rmu.c
index ab7a74c75be8f6a8da71c77ad027cf16bb5eac3b..88b35a3dcdc599b01c37da944ba3f8481215d6cc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rmu.c
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@
 
 #define DOORBELL_MESSAGE_SIZE	0x08
 
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(fsl_rio_doorbell_lock);
+
 struct rio_msg_regs {
 	u32 omr;
 	u32 osr;
@@ -626,9 +628,13 @@ int fsl_rio_port_write_init(struct fsl_rio_pw *pw)
 int fsl_rio_doorbell_send(struct rio_mport *mport,
 				int index, u16 destid, u16 data)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
+
 	pr_debug("fsl_doorbell_send: index %d destid %4.4x data %4.4x\n",
 		 index, destid, data);
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&fsl_rio_doorbell_lock, flags);
+
 	/* In the serial version silicons, such as MPC8548, MPC8641,
 	 * below operations is must be.
 	 */
@@ -638,6 +644,8 @@ int fsl_rio_doorbell_send(struct rio_mport *mport,
 	out_be32(&dbell->dbell_regs->oddatr, (index << 20) | data);
 	out_be32(&dbell->dbell_regs->odmr, 0x00000001);
 
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fsl_rio_doorbell_lock, flags);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.c b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.c
index 315a4be8dc1e64f429fb6bd5bab9700a0d254f29..9a68914100ad6b7e12c1464779b433d337cca7ee 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.c
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ module_param(mbox_sel, byte, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(mbox_sel,
 		 "RIO Messaging MBOX Selection Mask (default: 0x0f = all)");
 
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(tsi721_maint_lock);
+
 static void tsi721_omsg_handler(struct tsi721_device *priv, int ch);
 static void tsi721_imsg_handler(struct tsi721_device *priv, int ch);
 
@@ -124,12 +126,15 @@ static int tsi721_maint_dma(struct tsi721_device *priv, u32 sys_size,
 	void __iomem *regs = priv->regs + TSI721_DMAC_BASE(priv->mdma.ch_id);
 	struct tsi721_dma_desc *bd_ptr;
 	u32 rd_count, swr_ptr, ch_stat;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	int i, err = 0;
 	u32 op = do_wr ? MAINT_WR : MAINT_RD;
 
 	if (offset > (RIO_MAINT_SPACE_SZ - len) || (len != sizeof(u32)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&tsi721_maint_lock, flags);
+
 	bd_ptr = priv->mdma.bd_base;
 
 	rd_count = ioread32(regs + TSI721_DMAC_DRDCNT);
@@ -197,7 +202,9 @@ static int tsi721_maint_dma(struct tsi721_device *priv, u32 sys_size,
 	 */
 	swr_ptr = ioread32(regs + TSI721_DMAC_DSWP);
 	iowrite32(swr_ptr, regs + TSI721_DMAC_DSRP);
+
 err_out:
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tsi721_maint_lock, flags);
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/rio-access.c b/drivers/rapidio/rio-access.c
index a3824baca2e51c920958731a9daf4ade575c1397..3ee9af83b63849d45d1412ef6247ed834c0d840e 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/rio-access.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/rio-access.c
@@ -13,17 +13,9 @@
 #include <linux/rio.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 
-/*
- * These interrupt-safe spinlocks protect all accesses to RIO
- * configuration space and doorbell access.
- */
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(rio_config_lock);
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(rio_doorbell_lock);
-
 /*
  *  Wrappers for all RIO configuration access functions.  They just check
- *  alignment, do locking and call the low-level functions pointed to
- *  by rio_mport->ops.
+ *  alignment and call the low-level functions pointed to by rio_mport->ops.
  */
 
 #define RIO_8_BAD 0
@@ -44,13 +36,10 @@ int __rio_local_read_config_##size \
 	(struct rio_mport *mport, u32 offset, type *value)		\
 {									\
 	int res;							\
-	unsigned long flags;						\
 	u32 data = 0;							\
 	if (RIO_##size##_BAD) return RIO_BAD_SIZE;			\
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&rio_config_lock, flags);			\
 	res = mport->ops->lcread(mport, mport->id, offset, len, &data);	\
 	*value = (type)data;						\
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rio_config_lock, flags);		\
 	return res;							\
 }
 
@@ -67,13 +56,8 @@ int __rio_local_read_config_##size \
 int __rio_local_write_config_##size \
 	(struct rio_mport *mport, u32 offset, type value)		\
 {									\
-	int res;							\
-	unsigned long flags;						\
 	if (RIO_##size##_BAD) return RIO_BAD_SIZE;			\
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&rio_config_lock, flags);			\
-	res = mport->ops->lcwrite(mport, mport->id, offset, len, value);\
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rio_config_lock, flags);		\
-	return res;							\
+	return mport->ops->lcwrite(mport, mport->id, offset, len, value);\
 }
 
 RIO_LOP_READ(8, u8, 1)
@@ -104,13 +88,10 @@ int rio_mport_read_config_##size \
 	(struct rio_mport *mport, u16 destid, u8 hopcount, u32 offset, type *value)	\
 {									\
 	int res;							\
-	unsigned long flags;						\
 	u32 data = 0;							\
 	if (RIO_##size##_BAD) return RIO_BAD_SIZE;			\
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&rio_config_lock, flags);			\
 	res = mport->ops->cread(mport, mport->id, destid, hopcount, offset, len, &data); \
 	*value = (type)data;						\
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rio_config_lock, flags);		\
 	return res;							\
 }
 
@@ -127,13 +108,9 @@ int rio_mport_read_config_##size \
 int rio_mport_write_config_##size \
 	(struct rio_mport *mport, u16 destid, u8 hopcount, u32 offset, type value)	\
 {									\
-	int res;							\
-	unsigned long flags;						\
 	if (RIO_##size##_BAD) return RIO_BAD_SIZE;			\
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&rio_config_lock, flags);			\
-	res = mport->ops->cwrite(mport, mport->id, destid, hopcount, offset, len, value); \
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rio_config_lock, flags);		\
-	return res;							\
+	return mport->ops->cwrite(mport, mport->id, destid, hopcount,	\
+			offset, len, value);				\
 }
 
 RIO_OP_READ(8, u8, 1)
@@ -162,14 +139,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rio_mport_write_config_32);
  */
 int rio_mport_send_doorbell(struct rio_mport *mport, u16 destid, u16 data)
 {
-	int res;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&rio_doorbell_lock, flags);
-	res = mport->ops->dsend(mport, mport->id, destid, data);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rio_doorbell_lock, flags);
-
-	return res;
+	return mport->ops->dsend(mport, mport->id, destid, data);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rio_mport_send_doorbell);