diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
index 62b099940345..e54f597a058d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
@@ -844,6 +844,10 @@ struct src_registers {
 						&((AEP)->regs.src.bar0->CSR))
 #define src_writel(AEP, CSR, value)	writel(value, \
 						&((AEP)->regs.src.bar0->CSR))
+#if defined(writeq)
+#define	src_writeq(AEP, CSR, value)	writeq(value, \
+						&((AEP)->regs.src.bar0->CSR))
+#endif
 
 #define SRC_ODR_SHIFT		12
 #define SRC_IDR_SHIFT		9
@@ -1163,6 +1167,11 @@ struct aac_dev
 	struct fsa_dev_info	*fsa_dev;
 	struct task_struct	*thread;
 	int			cardtype;
+	/*
+	 *This lock will protect the two 32-bit
+	 *writes to the Inbound Queue
+	 */
+	spinlock_t		iq_lock;
 
 	/*
 	 *	The following is the device specific extension.
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/comminit.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/comminit.c
index 45a0a044dfdb..b4b6088fcb33 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/comminit.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/comminit.c
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ struct aac_dev *aac_init_adapter(struct aac_dev *dev)
 	dev->management_fib_count = 0;
 	spin_lock_init(&dev->manage_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&dev->sync_lock);
+	spin_lock_init(&dev->iq_lock);
 	dev->max_fib_size = sizeof(struct hw_fib);
 	dev->sg_tablesize = host->sg_tablesize = (dev->max_fib_size
 		- sizeof(struct aac_fibhdr)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/src.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/src.c
index eb07b3d4ed38..1409a0b945ea 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/src.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/src.c
@@ -447,6 +447,10 @@ static int aac_src_deliver_message(struct fib *fib)
 	u32 fibsize;
 	dma_addr_t address;
 	struct aac_fib_xporthdr *pFibX;
+#if !defined(writeq)
+	unsigned long flags;
+#endif
+
 	u16 hdr_size = le16_to_cpu(fib->hw_fib_va->header.Size);
 
 	atomic_inc(&q->numpending);
@@ -511,10 +515,14 @@ static int aac_src_deliver_message(struct fib *fib)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		address |= fibsize;
 	}
-
+#if defined(writeq)
+	src_writeq(dev, MUnit.IQ_L, (u64)address);
+#else
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&fib->dev->iq_lock, flags);
 	src_writel(dev, MUnit.IQ_H, upper_32_bits(address) & 0xffffffff);
 	src_writel(dev, MUnit.IQ_L, address & 0xffffffff);
-
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fib->dev->iq_lock, flags);
+#endif
 	return 0;
 }