int ret,i;
 
        if (!adapter->intrregistered) {
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sxg_global.driver_lock,
+                                       sxg_global.flags);
                for (i=0; i<adapter->nr_msix_entries; i++) {
                        ret = request_irq (adapter->msi_entries[i].vector,
                                        sxg_isr,
                                        adapter->netdev->name,
                                        adapter->netdev);
                        if (ret) {
+                               spin_lock_irqsave(&sxg_global.driver_lock,
+                                                sxg_global.flags);
                                DBG_ERROR("sxg: MSI-X request_irq (%s) "
                                        "FAILED [%x]\n", adapter->netdev->name,
                                         ret);
                        }
                }
        }
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&sxg_global.driver_lock, sxg_global.flags);
        adapter->msi_enabled = TRUE;
        adapter->intrregistered = 1;
        adapter->IntRegistered = TRUE;