diff --git a/drivers/atm/iphase.c b/drivers/atm/iphase.c
index ee9ddeb..8cb0347 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/iphase.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/iphase.c
@@ -3156,7 +3156,6 @@
 {  
 	struct atm_dev *dev;  
 	IADEV *iadev;  
-        unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
 	iadev = kzalloc(sizeof(*iadev), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -3188,19 +3187,14 @@
 	ia_dev[iadev_count] = iadev;
 	_ia_dev[iadev_count] = dev;
 	iadev_count++;
-	spin_lock_init(&iadev->misc_lock);
-	/* First fixes first. I don't want to think about this now. */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&iadev->misc_lock, flags); 
 	if (ia_init(dev) || ia_start(dev)) {  
 		IF_INIT(printk("IA register failed!\n");)
 		iadev_count--;
 		ia_dev[iadev_count] = NULL;
 		_ia_dev[iadev_count] = NULL;
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iadev->misc_lock, flags); 
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_out_deregister_dev;
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iadev->misc_lock, flags); 
 	IF_EVENT(printk("iadev_count = %d\n", iadev_count);)
 
 	iadev->next_board = ia_boards;  
diff --git a/drivers/atm/iphase.h b/drivers/atm/iphase.h
index b2cd20f..077735e 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/iphase.h
+++ b/drivers/atm/iphase.h
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@
 	struct dle_q rx_dle_q;  
 	struct free_desc_q *rx_free_desc_qhead;  
 	struct sk_buff_head rx_dma_q;  
-        spinlock_t rx_lock, misc_lock;
+	spinlock_t rx_lock;
 	struct atm_vcc **rx_open;	/* list of all open VCs */  
         u16 num_rx_desc, rx_buf_sz, rxing;
         u32 rx_pkt_ram, rx_tmp_cnt;