diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c46465ba979b..d79e38a60fc5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3064ff39b8121acbd731f64d046218ebf3c2f9c0
+refs/heads/master: 5c66f5d193f68c2a7da0f2ad3535ed30ab14307b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mid.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mid.c
index 2a4c7f4e7b69..b901aa267e7d 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mid.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mid.c
@@ -639,8 +639,10 @@ static void qla_do_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct rsp_que *rsp = container_of(work, struct rsp_que, q_work);
 	struct scsi_qla_host *vha;
 
+	spin_lock_irq(&rsp->hw->hardware_lock);
 	vha = qla25xx_get_host(rsp);
 	qla24xx_process_response_queue(vha, rsp);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&rsp->hw->hardware_lock);
 }
 
 /* create response queue */