diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/mhi_main.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/mhi_main.c
index bce690f3a77e..e589777e6bcb 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/mhi_main.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/mhi_main.c
@@ -1553,13 +1553,14 @@ void mhi_ev_task(unsigned long data)
 {
 	struct mhi_event *mhi_event = (struct mhi_event *)data;
 	struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl = mhi_event->mhi_cntrl;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	MHI_VERB("Enter for ev_index:%d\n", mhi_event->er_index);
 
 	/* process all pending events */
-	spin_lock_bh(&mhi_event->lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&mhi_event->lock, flags);
 	mhi_event->process_event(mhi_cntrl, mhi_event, U32_MAX);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&mhi_event->lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mhi_event->lock, flags);
 }
 
 void mhi_ctrl_ev_task(unsigned long data)