diff --git a/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/mc-io.c b/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/mc-io.c
index 6ae48ad80409..a30b53f1d87d 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/mc-io.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/mc-io.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int __must_check fsl_create_mc_io(struct device *dev,
 	mc_io->portal_phys_addr = mc_portal_phys_addr;
 	mc_io->portal_size = mc_portal_size;
 	if (flags & FSL_MC_IO_ATOMIC_CONTEXT_PORTAL)
-		spin_lock_init(&mc_io->spinlock);
+		raw_spin_lock_init(&mc_io->spinlock);
 	else
 		mutex_init(&mc_io->mutex);
 
diff --git a/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/mc-sys.c b/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/mc-sys.c
index 3221a7fbaf0a..85a0225db522 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/mc-sys.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/fsl-mc/mc-sys.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ int mc_send_command(struct fsl_mc_io *mc_io, struct fsl_mc_command *cmd)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (mc_io->flags & FSL_MC_IO_ATOMIC_CONTEXT_PORTAL)
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&mc_io->spinlock, irq_flags);
+		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&mc_io->spinlock, irq_flags);
 	else
 		mutex_lock(&mc_io->mutex);
 
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ int mc_send_command(struct fsl_mc_io *mc_io, struct fsl_mc_command *cmd)
 	error = 0;
 common_exit:
 	if (mc_io->flags & FSL_MC_IO_ATOMIC_CONTEXT_PORTAL)
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mc_io->spinlock, irq_flags);
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mc_io->spinlock, irq_flags);
 	else
 		mutex_unlock(&mc_io->mutex);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fsl/mc.h b/include/linux/fsl/mc.h
index cdb03aca2aef..a428c61ead6e 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsl/mc.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsl/mc.h
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ struct fsl_mc_io {
 		 * This field is only meaningful if the
 		 * FSL_MC_IO_ATOMIC_CONTEXT_PORTAL flag is set
 		 */
-		spinlock_t spinlock;	/* serializes mc_send_command() */
+		raw_spinlock_t spinlock; /* serializes mc_send_command() */
 	};
 };