diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/dpc.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/dpc.c
index 4ccaa7e29a1c..156399d93540 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/dpc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/dpc.c
@@ -1363,34 +1363,43 @@ void RXvMngWorkItem(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct vnt_rcb *pRCB = NULL;
 	struct vnt_rx_mgmt *pRxPacket;
 	int bReAllocSkb = false;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (pDevice->Flags & fMP_DISCONNECTED)
 		return;
 
     DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG, KERN_INFO"---->Rx Mng Thread\n");
 
-    spin_lock_irq(&pDevice->lock);
     while (pDevice->NumRecvMngList!=0)
     {
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&pDevice->lock, flags);
+
         pRCB = pDevice->FirstRecvMngList;
         pDevice->NumRecvMngList--;
         DequeueRCB(pDevice->FirstRecvMngList, pDevice->LastRecvMngList);
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pDevice->lock, flags);
+
         if(!pRCB){
             break;
         }
         pRxPacket = &(pRCB->sMngPacket);
 	vMgrRxManagePacket(pDevice, &pDevice->vnt_mgmt, pRxPacket);
         pRCB->Ref--;
-        if(pRCB->Ref == 0) {
-            DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG, KERN_INFO"RxvFreeMng %d %d\n",pDevice->NumRecvFreeList, pDevice->NumRecvMngList);
-            RXvFreeRCB(pRCB, bReAllocSkb);
-        } else {
+	if (pRCB->Ref == 0) {
+		DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG, KERN_INFO"RxvFreeMng %d %d\n",
+			pDevice->NumRecvFreeList, pDevice->NumRecvMngList);
+
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&pDevice->lock, flags);
+
+		RXvFreeRCB(pRCB, bReAllocSkb);
+
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pDevice->lock, flags);
+	} else {
             DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG, KERN_INFO"Rx Mng Only we have the right to free RCB\n");
         }
     }
 
 	pDevice->bIsRxMngWorkItemQueued = false;
-	spin_unlock_irq(&pDevice->lock);
-
 }