diff --git a/net/rxrpc/io_thread.c b/net/rxrpc/io_thread.c
index f542eda13ff0..d2046f7504f8 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/io_thread.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/io_thread.c
@@ -423,9 +423,9 @@ int rxrpc_io_thread(void *data)
 						struct rxrpc_connection,
 						attend_link);
 		if (conn) {
-			spin_lock_bh(&local->lock);
+			spin_lock_irq(&local->lock);
 			list_del_init(&conn->attend_link);
-			spin_unlock_bh(&local->lock);
+			spin_unlock_irq(&local->lock);
 
 			rxrpc_input_conn_event(conn, NULL);
 			rxrpc_put_connection(conn, rxrpc_conn_put_poke);
@@ -440,9 +440,9 @@ int rxrpc_io_thread(void *data)
 		if ((call = list_first_entry_or_null(&local->call_attend_q,
 						     struct rxrpc_call,
 						     attend_link))) {
-			spin_lock_bh(&local->lock);
+			spin_lock_irq(&local->lock);
 			list_del_init(&call->attend_link);
-			spin_unlock_bh(&local->lock);
+			spin_unlock_irq(&local->lock);
 
 			trace_rxrpc_call_poked(call);
 			rxrpc_input_call_event(call, NULL);