diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index a3caccaa7d1f5..0573f9226c2d9 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -3629,7 +3629,7 @@ static void queue_unplugged(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int depth,
 		blk_run_queue_async(q);
 	else
 		__blk_run_queue(q);
-	spin_unlock(q->queue_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 }
 
 static void flush_plug_callbacks(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_schedule)
@@ -3677,7 +3677,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_check_plugged);
 void blk_flush_plug_list(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_schedule)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	struct request *rq;
 	LIST_HEAD(list);
 	unsigned int depth;
@@ -3697,11 +3696,6 @@ void blk_flush_plug_list(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_schedule)
 	q = NULL;
 	depth = 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * Save and disable interrupts here, to avoid doing it for every
-	 * queue lock we have to take.
-	 */
-	local_irq_save(flags);
 	while (!list_empty(&list)) {
 		rq = list_entry_rq(list.next);
 		list_del_init(&rq->queuelist);
@@ -3714,7 +3708,7 @@ void blk_flush_plug_list(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_schedule)
 				queue_unplugged(q, depth, from_schedule);
 			q = rq->q;
 			depth = 0;
-			spin_lock(q->queue_lock);
+			spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -3741,8 +3735,6 @@ void blk_flush_plug_list(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_schedule)
 	 */
 	if (q)
 		queue_unplugged(q, depth, from_schedule);
-
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 void blk_finish_plug(struct blk_plug *plug)