diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index b18d9ca578b9..ffd162abbe5e 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -555,6 +555,7 @@ static struct kmemleak_object *create_object(unsigned long ptr, size_t size,
 	object->tree_node.last = ptr + size - 1;
 
 	write_lock_irqsave(&kmemleak_lock, flags);
+
 	min_addr = min(min_addr, ptr);
 	max_addr = max(max_addr, ptr + size);
 	node = prio_tree_insert(&object_tree_root, &object->tree_node);
@@ -565,14 +566,12 @@ static struct kmemleak_object *create_object(unsigned long ptr, size_t size,
 	 * random memory blocks.
 	 */
 	if (node != &object->tree_node) {
-		unsigned long flags;
-
 		kmemleak_stop("Cannot insert 0x%lx into the object search tree "
 			      "(already existing)\n", ptr);
 		object = lookup_object(ptr, 1);
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&object->lock, flags);
+		spin_lock(&object->lock);
 		dump_object_info(object);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&object->lock, flags);
+		spin_unlock(&object->lock);
 
 		goto out;
 	}