diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/fintek-cir.c b/drivers/media/rc/fintek-cir.c
index 8fa539dde1b4be8547ecee3247add51bb2957a19..7f7079b12f2321ab2174a764dca2959e0c0a6952 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/fintek-cir.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/fintek-cir.c
@@ -597,12 +597,17 @@ static void __devexit fintek_remove(struct pnp_dev *pdev)
 static int fintek_suspend(struct pnp_dev *pdev, pm_message_t state)
 {
 	struct fintek_dev *fintek = pnp_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	fit_dbg("%s called", __func__);
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&fintek->fintek_lock, flags);
+
 	/* disable all CIR interrupts */
 	fintek_cir_reg_write(fintek, CIR_STATUS_IRQ_MASK, CIR_STATUS);
 
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fintek->fintek_lock, flags);
+
 	fintek_config_mode_enable(fintek);
 
 	/* disable cir logical dev */