diff --git a/drivers/dma/coh901318.c b/drivers/dma/coh901318.c
index eebaba3d9e78..b69d66e44052 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/coh901318.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/coh901318.c
@@ -1802,13 +1802,10 @@ static struct dma_chan *coh901318_xlate(struct of_phandle_args *dma_spec,
 static int coh901318_config(struct coh901318_chan *cohc,
 			    struct coh901318_params *param)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
 	const struct coh901318_params *p;
 	int channel = cohc->id;
 	void __iomem *virtbase = cohc->base->virtbase;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&cohc->lock, flags);
-
 	if (param)
 		p = param;
 	else
@@ -1828,8 +1825,6 @@ static int coh901318_config(struct coh901318_chan *cohc,
 	coh901318_set_conf(cohc, p->config);
 	coh901318_set_ctrl(cohc, p->ctrl_lli_last);
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cohc->lock, flags);
-
 	return 0;
 }