diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
index 514f34033f96..99dddfa92ce7 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ ACPI_EXTERN u8 acpi_gbl_global_lock_pending;
  * interrupt level
  */
 ACPI_EXTERN acpi_spinlock acpi_gbl_gpe_lock;	/* For GPE data structs and registers */
-ACPI_EXTERN acpi_spinlock acpi_gbl_hardware_lock;	/* For ACPI H/W except GPE registers */
+ACPI_EXTERN acpi_raw_spinlock acpi_gbl_hardware_lock;	/* For ACPI H/W except GPE registers */
 ACPI_EXTERN acpi_spinlock acpi_gbl_reference_count_lock;
 
 /* Mutex for _OSI support */
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwregs.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwregs.c
index 12e6cff54f78..ed1b5dcac66f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwregs.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwregs.c
@@ -269,14 +269,14 @@ acpi_status acpi_hw_clear_acpi_status(void)
 			  ACPI_BITMASK_ALL_FIXED_STATUS,
 			  ACPI_FORMAT_UINT64(acpi_gbl_xpm1a_status.address)));
 
-	lock_flags = acpi_os_acquire_lock(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock);
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock, lock_flags);
 
 	/* Clear the fixed events in PM1 A/B */
 
 	status = acpi_hw_register_write(ACPI_REGISTER_PM1_STATUS,
 					ACPI_BITMASK_ALL_FIXED_STATUS);
 
-	acpi_os_release_lock(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock, lock_flags);
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock, lock_flags);
 
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
 		goto exit;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwxface.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwxface.c
index b4b47db2dee2..fcfaf047c246 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwxface.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwxface.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_write_bit_register(u32 register_id, u32 value)
 		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_BAD_PARAMETER);
 	}
 
-	lock_flags = acpi_os_acquire_lock(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock);
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock, lock_flags);
 
 	/*
 	 * At this point, we know that the parent register is one of the
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_write_bit_register(u32 register_id, u32 value)
 
 unlock_and_exit:
 
-	acpi_os_release_lock(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock, lock_flags);
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock, lock_flags);
 	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utmutex.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utmutex.c
index 08c323245584..2f4ed8b941be 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utmutex.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utmutex.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ut_mutex_initialize(void)
 		return_ACPI_STATUS (status);
 	}
 
-	status = acpi_os_create_lock (&acpi_gbl_hardware_lock);
+	status = acpi_os_create_raw_lock (&acpi_gbl_hardware_lock);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE (status)) {
 		return_ACPI_STATUS (status);
 	}
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void acpi_ut_mutex_terminate(void)
 	/* Delete the spinlocks */
 
 	acpi_os_delete_lock(acpi_gbl_gpe_lock);
-	acpi_os_delete_lock(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock);
+	acpi_os_delete_raw_lock(acpi_gbl_hardware_lock);
 	acpi_os_delete_lock(acpi_gbl_reference_count_lock);
 
 	/* Delete the reader/writer lock */
diff --git a/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h b/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
index 008aa287c7a9..0c4654ffc6ad 100644
--- a/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
+++ b/include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 
 #define acpi_cache_t                        struct kmem_cache
 #define acpi_spinlock                       spinlock_t *
+#define acpi_raw_spinlock		    raw_spinlock_t *
 #define acpi_cpu_flags                      unsigned long
 
 #else				/* !__KERNEL__ */
@@ -210,6 +211,19 @@ static inline acpi_thread_id acpi_os_get_thread_id(void)
 	})
 #define ACPI_USE_ALTERNATE_PROTOTYPE_acpi_os_create_lock
 
+#define acpi_os_create_raw_lock(__handle)			\
+({								\
+	raw_spinlock_t *lock = ACPI_ALLOCATE(sizeof(*lock));	\
+								\
+	if (lock) {						\
+		*(__handle) = lock;				\
+		raw_spin_lock_init(*(__handle));		\
+	}							\
+	lock ? AE_OK : AE_NO_MEMORY;				\
+})
+
+#define acpi_os_delete_raw_lock(__handle)	kfree(__handle)
+
 void __iomem *acpi_os_map_memory(acpi_physical_address where, acpi_size length);
 #define ACPI_USE_ALTERNATE_PROTOTYPE_acpi_os_map_memory