diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
index 768294b9bc0b..86ba45ac91c8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
@@ -8150,10 +8150,10 @@ u32 lpfc_rx_monitor_report(struct lpfc_hba *phba,
 					"IO_cnt", "Info", "BWutil(ms)");
 	}
 
-	/* Needs to be _bh because record is called from timer interrupt
+	/* Needs to be _irq because record is called from timer interrupt
 	 * context
 	 */
-	spin_lock_bh(ring_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(ring_lock);
 	while (*head_idx != *tail_idx) {
 		entry = &ring[*head_idx];
 
@@ -8197,7 +8197,7 @@ u32 lpfc_rx_monitor_report(struct lpfc_hba *phba,
 		if (cnt >= max_read_entries)
 			break;
 	}
-	spin_unlock_bh(ring_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(ring_lock);
 
 	return cnt;
 }