diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c
index 7559d6373f49..74356db43325 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ long intel_gt_retire_requests_timeout(struct intel_gt *gt, long timeout)
 {
 	struct intel_gt_timelines *timelines = &gt->timelines;
 	struct intel_timeline *tl, *tn;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	bool interruptible;
 	LIST_HEAD(free);
 
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ long intel_gt_retire_requests_timeout(struct intel_gt *gt, long timeout)
 
 	flush_submission(gt); /* kick the ksoftirqd tasklets */
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&timelines->lock, flags);
+	spin_lock(&timelines->lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(tl, tn, &timelines->active_list, link) {
 		if (!mutex_trylock(&tl->mutex))
 			continue;
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ long intel_gt_retire_requests_timeout(struct intel_gt *gt, long timeout)
 		intel_timeline_get(tl);
 		GEM_BUG_ON(!atomic_read(&tl->active_count));
 		atomic_inc(&tl->active_count); /* pin the list element */
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timelines->lock, flags);
+		spin_unlock(&timelines->lock);
 
 		if (timeout > 0) {
 			struct dma_fence *fence;
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ long intel_gt_retire_requests_timeout(struct intel_gt *gt, long timeout)
 
 		retire_requests(tl);
 
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&timelines->lock, flags);
+		spin_lock(&timelines->lock);
 
 		/* Resume iteration after dropping lock */
 		list_safe_reset_next(tl, tn, link);
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ long intel_gt_retire_requests_timeout(struct intel_gt *gt, long timeout)
 			list_add(&tl->link, &free);
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timelines->lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock(&timelines->lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(tl, tn, &free, link)
 		__intel_timeline_free(&tl->kref);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.c
index 0388f9375366..36189238e13c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.c
@@ -831,7 +831,6 @@ static bool __intel_gt_unset_wedged(struct intel_gt *gt)
 {
 	struct intel_gt_timelines *timelines = &gt->timelines;
 	struct intel_timeline *tl;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	bool ok;
 
 	if (!test_bit(I915_WEDGED, &gt->reset.flags))
@@ -853,7 +852,7 @@ static bool __intel_gt_unset_wedged(struct intel_gt *gt)
 	 *
 	 * No more can be submitted until we reset the wedged bit.
 	 */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&timelines->lock, flags);
+	spin_lock(&timelines->lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(tl, &timelines->active_list, link) {
 		struct dma_fence *fence;
 
@@ -861,7 +860,7 @@ static bool __intel_gt_unset_wedged(struct intel_gt *gt)
 		if (!fence)
 			continue;
 
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timelines->lock, flags);
+		spin_unlock(&timelines->lock);
 
 		/*
 		 * All internal dependencies (i915_requests) will have
@@ -874,10 +873,10 @@ static bool __intel_gt_unset_wedged(struct intel_gt *gt)
 		dma_fence_put(fence);
 
 		/* Restart iteration after droping lock */
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&timelines->lock, flags);
+		spin_lock(&timelines->lock);
 		tl = list_entry(&timelines->active_list, typeof(*tl), link);
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timelines->lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock(&timelines->lock);
 
 	/* We must reset pending GPU events before restoring our submission */
 	ok = !HAS_EXECLISTS(gt->i915); /* XXX better agnosticism desired */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
index 4f914f0d5eab..bd973d950064 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
@@ -332,7 +332,6 @@ int intel_timeline_pin(struct intel_timeline *tl)
 void intel_timeline_enter(struct intel_timeline *tl)
 {
 	struct intel_gt_timelines *timelines = &tl->gt->timelines;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/*
 	 * Pretend we are serialised by the timeline->mutex.
@@ -358,16 +357,15 @@ void intel_timeline_enter(struct intel_timeline *tl)
 	if (atomic_add_unless(&tl->active_count, 1, 0))
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&timelines->lock, flags);
+	spin_lock(&timelines->lock);
 	if (!atomic_fetch_inc(&tl->active_count))
 		list_add(&tl->link, &timelines->active_list);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timelines->lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock(&timelines->lock);
 }
 
 void intel_timeline_exit(struct intel_timeline *tl)
 {
 	struct intel_gt_timelines *timelines = &tl->gt->timelines;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/* See intel_timeline_enter() */
 	lockdep_assert_held(&tl->mutex);
@@ -376,10 +374,10 @@ void intel_timeline_exit(struct intel_timeline *tl)
 	if (atomic_add_unless(&tl->active_count, -1, 1))
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&timelines->lock, flags);
+	spin_lock(&timelines->lock);
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&tl->active_count))
 		list_del(&tl->link);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timelines->lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock(&timelines->lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Since this timeline is idle, all bariers upon which we were waiting
