diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c b/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
index 1c59a3c23b2c1b37ee8a3c54d62b8c66ea6f9e87..be75c4331a9222a5ca4d0b015ebdbe5a983c20ae 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
@@ -140,15 +140,15 @@ void core_tmr_abort_task(
 		printk("ABORT_TASK: Found referenced %s task_tag: %u\n",
 			se_cmd->se_tfo->get_fabric_name(), ref_tag);
 
-		spin_lock_irq(&se_cmd->t_state_lock);
+		spin_lock(&se_cmd->t_state_lock);
 		if (se_cmd->transport_state & CMD_T_COMPLETE) {
 			printk("ABORT_TASK: ref_tag: %u already complete, skipping\n", ref_tag);
-			spin_unlock_irq(&se_cmd->t_state_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&se_cmd->t_state_lock);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags);
 			goto out;
 		}
 		se_cmd->transport_state |= CMD_T_ABORTED;
-		spin_unlock_irq(&se_cmd->t_state_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&se_cmd->t_state_lock);
 
 		list_del_init(&se_cmd->se_cmd_list);
 		kref_get(&se_cmd->cmd_kref);